Brown v. Freedman

WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal under Section 24, sub. a of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 47, sub. a, from an order of the District Court affirming an order of a referee in bankruptcy sustaining a petition to reclaim and repossess certain machinery, and directing the defendant named therein, the appellant here, as trustee in bankruptcy of the International Chewing Gum Company, to turn over the proceeds of the sale thereof to the appellee.1

The appellee Freedman, the petitioner below, is a member of the Massachusetts Bar. *153In 1937, and for some years prior thereto, he was counsel…