Graham v. Faith
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Jas. M. Morton, Judge. In the matter of W. P. B. Brooks & Co., Incorporated, bankrupt. A bill in equity by the trustee, John R. Graham, against Rillian M. Faith, before the referee, was dismissed for want of jurisdiction, and from an order of the District Court, affirming the dismissal, the trustee appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, Circuit Judge.
The trustee in bankruptcy of W. P. B. Brooks & Co., Incorporated, adjudged bankrupt in the District Court *33on January 17, 1916, filed a bill in equity before the referee, to- whom there had been a general reference of the case, to recover property alleged to have been preferentially transferred by the bankrupt to the defendant named therein, here the appellee. In her answer the defendant denied jurisdiction in the referee to hear and determine the merits of the bill. The referee sustained this objection and dismissed the bill for want of jurisdiction, on the authority of…
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