Johnson v. Morris

I agree that the application of either Federal law or the law of Kansas requires an affirmance but I deem it appropriate to state my views with respect to the applicable law.

The question is whether under the facts the appellants had an equitable lien on the assets of the bankrupt when they passed into the hands of the trustee in bankruptcy.1

Whether the appellants had an equitable lien upon the assets of Culver immediately prior to the inception of bankruptcy was a question of state law. If they did not have such a lien under state law, the event *69of bankruptcy certainly would not create such a…