In the Matter of Dallas Cabana, Inc., Bankrupt. Dallas Cabana, Inc. v. Wilson F. Collier, Trustee

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the final order of the district court affirming the Findings and Conclusions of the Referee in Bankruptcy in regard to proceedings involving Dallas Cabana, Inc. The proceedings were factually complex and hotly, indeed vituperatively, disputed. A lengthy and detailed opinion could serve no precedential purpose to the public and the underlying facts are too well known to the litigants to be of benefit to them. We have therefore distilled our opinion to its legal essence.

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