In re Pettingill & Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Petition for Revision of Proceedings of the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, in Bankruptcy. On motion of Joseph W. Lund, trustee, for revision in matter of law. For opinion of District Court, see 135 Fed. 218.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
In this case the referee rejected a proof of debt because the creditor had received a preference with reasonable grounds of belief that a preference was intended. He drew his conclusion to that effect from a number of facts, covering nearly three printed pages of the record, each having more or less tendency to support the result he reached. The learned judge of the District Court merely reversed the judgment of the referee. He gave no reasons therefor in his decree, and filed no findings of fact, but passed down an opinion which we will refer to again. Thereupon,…
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