American Trust Co. v. Wallis

GRAY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania, in Bankruptcy, in the matter of William B. Wallis, bankrupt. On May 6, 1902, a creditors’ petition in bankruptcy was filed against William B. Wallis, a dealer in machinery and supplies in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and thereafter, no one objecting, on May 31,1902, said Wallis was adjudged a bankrupt, and on August 9, 1902, the American Trust Company of Pittsburgh, the appellant, was duly elected and qualified as trustee in bankruptcy of the bankrupt’s estate; the same…