Mergenthaler Linotype Co. v. Hull
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Porto Rico; Hamilton, Judge. ■ In the matter of the Porto Rico Progress Publishing Company. Petition by the Mergenthaler Dinotype Company against Harwood Hull, trustee, for the delivery of certain machines claimed by it. Decree denying the petition, and petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.
The Porto Rico Progress Publishing Company, a Porto Rico corporation, was adjudged a bankrupt on December 7, 1914, by the United States District Court of Porto Rico, and among the assets coming into the possession of the trustee were two linotype machines, which had been furnished to the bankrupt by the Mergenthaler Dinotype Company, a New York corporation. June 3, 1915, the Mergenthaler Company filed a petition with the referee in bankruptcy, alleging that the machines were its property, that, they were leased to the bankrupt; and asking that they be delivered to the…
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