Mesard v. Brenner

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff; as trustee in bankruptcy of American Motor Products Corporation, brought, on April 19, 1938, his bill of complaint in equity in the District Court for the Southern District of New York to set aside the transfer by the bankrupt to the defendant of a negotiable warehouse receipt issued by Baker & Williams Storage Warehouses. The receipt was for 795 *333cartons and 1 keg of automobile parts and the transfer was claimed to be voidable upon four grounds, viz: that it was a preferential transfer under the Bankruptcy Law; also under Sec. 15 of the New York Stock…