E. L. Essley Machinery Co. v. Belsley
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Southern District of Illinois. In the matter of Walker Starter Company, bankrupt. Petition of the E. R. Essley Machinery Company to recover possession of certain personal property. From a decree of the District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Northern Division for the trustee, petitioner appeals.
1Per curiam
Appellant filed its petition to recover from the trustee possession of personal property on which appellant had a chattel mortgage, or in lieu of possession to have entered an order directing the trustee to pay the amount due upon the note secured by the chattel mortgage. The mortgage was dated September 1, 1914, within four months preceding the filing of the petition in bankruptcy. The trustee resisted upon the ground that the giving of the mortgage constituted a preference under section 60b of the Bankruptcy Act. This defense was sustained by the referee as special master and was approved…
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- In re PingelDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1922
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