Security Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Westinghouse Credit Corp.

TRASK, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from orders of the district court affirming the action of the Referee in Bankruptcy who had granted petitions for the reclamation of personal property filed by the appellees, American Acceptance Corporation and Westinghouse Credit Corporation. The district court’s jurisdiction was conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 1334 and that of this court by Section 24(a) of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C. § 47(a).

On May 18, 1966, an involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed against the Stockman Development Company, a limited partnership. The alleged bankrupt then filed a…