In re Downing
District Court, N.D. New York
In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of Augustus S. Downing. Appeal from and petition to review an order of the referee in bankruptcy, authorizing and directing the trustee to sell the bankrupt’s interest, if any, in certain real estate which he once owned, but transferred to his wife more than four months prior to the institution of bankruptcy proceedings.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
More than four months prior to the, institution of the bankruptcy proceedings against Augustus S. Downing, he transferred to his wife, Louise B. Downing, certain real estate by deed, dated November 27, 1907. Barbara Troutwine obtained a judgment against Augustus S. Downing more than four months preceding the date of the institution of the bankruptcy proceedings, and brought an action in the Supreme Court of the state of New York against the bankrupt and his wife to set aside the said deed on the grounds that it was executed and delivered by the bankrupt, and received by…
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