Washington v. Tearney
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from tlie District Court of the United States for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Martiusburg, in Bankruptcy. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of J. Garland Hurst. On petition of J. E. Tearney and another, the surviving executors of Edward Tearney, deceased, to revise the decision of a referee requiring repayment of dividends received by them on a claim in proceedings instituted by S. W. Washington and another, surviving trustees of the bankrupt.
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Appeal from tlie District Court of the United States for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Martiusburg, in Bankruptcy. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of J. Garland Hurst. On petition of J. E. Tearney and another, the surviving executors of Edward Tearney, deceased, to revise the decision of a referee requiring repayment of dividends received by them on a claim in proceedings instituted by S. W. Washington and another, surviving trustees of the bankrupt. From a decree reversing the ruling of the referee (188 Fed. 707), the trustees appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, District Judge.
The appellants are the surviving trustees in bankruptcy of J. Garland Hurst. They will be called the trustees. He the bankrupt.
The appellees aye the executors of Edward Tearney. They will be styled the executors. The deceased the creditor.
Prior to December 4, 1896, the bankrupt owed the creditor a large sum of money. Moreover, at that time the creditor was indorser or surety for the bankrupt. As such he was subsequently called upon to make good sums that the bankrupt should have paid but did not.
At the time of the filing of the petition in bankruptcy, the amount due from…
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