Wilson v. Mitchell-Woodbury Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on August 24, 1909, by the trustee in bankruptcy of the Graves China Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, against the Mitchell-Woodbury Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maine and having a place of business in Boston, to recover the amount of an alleged unlawful preference made by the bankrupt to the defendant by the transfer of certain merchandise.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on August 24, 1909, by the trustee in bankruptcy of the Graves China Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, against the Mitchell-Woodbury Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maine and having a place of business in Boston, to recover the amount of an alleged unlawful preference made by the bankrupt to the defendant by the transfer of certain merchandise. The case was referred to Lee M. Friedman, Esquire, as master. The material facts found by him are stated or described in the opinion.…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a bill in equity brought by the trustee in bankruptcy of the Graves China Company, a Missouri corpo*516ration, to recover for alleged unlawful preferences under the national bankruptcy act. The case comes to this court on appeals by both the plaintiff and the defendant from a final decree.
1. The first question is whether the effect of the transfer was to enable the defendant as a creditor “to obtain a greater percentage of his debt than any other of such creditors of the same class” would obtain under the definition of preference given in § 60 of the bankruptcy act. (U. S. St. July 1,…
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