Flanders v. Coleman
District Court, S.D. Georgia
In Equity. Suit by R. A. Flanders, trustee of M. C. Coleman, bankrupt, against F. J. Coleman. Dismissed, without prejudice, in event that the parties agree as to the proportionate amount of rent notes fo which the trustee was entitled on account of the bankrupt’s demise of his own land, with land the record title to which was in defendant, but,'in event of failure, the suit retained as to such question, and otherwise dismissed.
1Opinion of the Court
BEVERLY D. EVANS, District Judge.
This is a suit in equity by the bankrupt’s trustee against an adverse claimant to recover a tract of land and certain notes given by the tenant for the rent of it. The jurisdiction of the court is invoked under sections 60b, 67e, and 7Oe of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended. The general scope of the bill is to the effect that, many years prior to the bankruptcy, the father of the bankrupt, who is the defendant, made a parol gift of the land to the bankrupt, who entered into possession of the land, made valuable and permanent improvements thereon on the faith of…
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