Jordan v. Bridges
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
In Equity. Suit by receiver in bankruptcy. On motion by defendants for cost and injunction bond.
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
The plaintiff is the receiver in bankruptcy to whom the voluntary bankrupt surrendered his property and effects, as required by standing rule No. 1 of this court (109 Fed. iii, iv). He filed this independent bill on the equity side of the docket against the defendants, *363alleging that they were scheduled by the bankrupt as creditors for large sums due them out of transactions which are attacked as invalid and fraudulent, because the indebtedness arose out of dealings in futures, called by the bill “gambling debts.” For this alleged indebtedness the several defendants are charged with holding…
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