Legal Opinion
Olmstead v. Massachusetts Trust Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 24, 1926No. 2145PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
This is a suit in equity by the trustee in bankruptcy of the C. S. Stearns Shoe Company to recover about $13,000, alleged to have been received by the defendant as a preference. It was heard in open court largely on oral testimony. There is but little controversy about the facts. The Steams Shoe Company was organised in 1921, succeeding a partnership composed of Battey & Welch. It dealt in shoes at wholesale. Battey was a Hartford business .man, who ran several retail shoe stores. Welch was a Boston lawyer, who attended to the active business of the company. In the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Dean v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- National Bank of Newport v. National Herkimer County Bank of Little FallsSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
3Cited by5 opinions
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