In re Thompson
District Court, D. New Jersey
In the matter of William J. Thompson, bankrupt. On review of referee’s order adjudging the title to Suction Dredge No. 1 to have been in the bankrupt at the time of the filing of the petition.
1Opinion of the Court
RELLSTAB, District Judge.
After the adjudication of William J. Thompson as a bankrupt, John J. Stoer, the petitioner on review, presented his petition to the referee, claiming that he was the owner of Suction Dredge No. 1 in the possession of Thompson at the time the bankruptcy proceedings were begun. Thompson died previous to the taking of testimony on such petition, but not before he was examined before the referee, under the Bankruptcy Act (Act July 1, *6821898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 544 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3418])', at a meeting of his creditors. In the reclamation proceedings, after the…
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