Nygord v. Baker Distribution Yard

(Pro Tempore)

This is a suit by the trustee of a bankrupt estate, against the defendant, asking that a conveyance of personal property within four months of the filing of the petition in bankruptcy be declared void.

Parris 0. Shannon and Anna Y. Shannon, his wife, were the owners of a small “stud mill” in Baker, Oregon, known as the Shannon Lumber Company.

On June 10, 1952, the Shannons executed a chattel mortgage and demand note to the Baker Distribution Yard, a corporation, on all their mill equipment and machinery to secure a loan as made to them in the amount of $10,972.78.

On the same date…