McBride v. Bertsch

RAYMOND, District Judge.

Plaintiff seeks to set aside, as a fraud upon the creditors of bankrupt, a trust agreement made by Fred S. Bertsch with Grand Rapids Trust Company, trustee. Defendant Bertsch was adjudicated bankrupt on January 23, 1929. Debts allowed against his estate aggregate in excess of $23,000. The indebtedness far exceeds the value of any property he may have.

It appears from the evidence that on February 26, 1926, while defendant Bertsch was engaged in the operation of a fruit farm and the manufacture and sale of fruit juices he executed the trust agreement here in question,…