In re Watts-Woodward Press, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Petition to Revise Order of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, in Bankruptcy. In the matter of the Watts-Woodward Press, Incorporated, bankrupt. An order confirming the report of a special master, finding that a chattel mortgage, executed by the bankrupt to one Sjostrom and assigned to Josephine Watts, was invalid for delay in refiling, was made by the District Judge. R. N. Asterley files a petition to revise.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
January 4, 1908, the Watts-Woodward Press executed a mortgage on certain type, presses, motors, composing tables, furniture, and fixtures on its premises, 22 Thames street, to secure the payment of $5,000 to one Sjostrom. June lGth Sjostrom, who never had any interest in the matter, assigned the mortgage to Josephine Watts, the actual lender. June 20th the original mortgage was filed in the register’s office. November 22, 1909, the assignment to Josephine Watts was filed, and the original mortgage, with a statement that the debt was still due, refiled in the register’s…
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