Glasser v. Rogers

GODDARD, District Judge.

Motion by the defendants for summary judgment dismissing the complaint pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C-A. following section 723c, on the ground of res judicata. The action is brought by the trustee in bankruptcy under Section 70, sub. e, of the Bankruptcy Act, 31 U.S.C.A. § 110, sub. e, to set aside as fraudulent a transfer of the bankrupt’s interest as remainderman in her father’s estate.

In 1928 Samuel Russell, a resident of Connecticut, the father of the bankrupt, Helen Russell Rogers, died, leaving an estate consisting of two…