Pugh v. Lingafelter
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Petition for Revision of Proceedings of the District Court of the •United States for the Eastern Division of the Southern District of Ohio, in Bankruptcy. In the matter of James F. Lingafelter, bankrupt. On petition of Joseph N. P,ugh, as receiver of the Plomestead Building & Savings-Company of Newark, Ohio, to review an order of the District Court.
1Opinion of the Court
WARRINGTON, Circuit Judge.
The question presented in this proceeding is whether a wife’s release of dower, contained in a mortgage executed by her husband and her for his benefit and upon his property, can be enforced by the mortgagee after the husband has been adjudicated a bankrupt and the mortgage has been adjudged to be null and void as constituting a preference under the bankruptcy act.
The referee in bankruptcy held that the receiver of the mortgagee could recover the estimated value of the contingent right of dower and made an order accordingly. Upon a petition for review the District…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Kennedy v. First National BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Matthews v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Blain v. HarrisonIllinois Supreme Court · 1849
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- Elmendorf v. . LockwoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
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