Swofford Bros. Dry Goods Co. v. Bryant
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas. Swofford Bros. Dry Goods Company, a corporation, appeal from an order denying its right to certain moneys and property in the hands of the trustee of E. M. Newton & Co., bankrupts.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
The appellant intervened in the bankruptcy proceedings, claiming to be the owner of certain goods, notes, and accounts under the terms of a written contract made with the bankrupts about a year before the proceedings were instituted. The contract provided, in substance, that appellant should sell goods to, the bankrupts to be resold by them in the usual course of their business in Arkansas, but that the title to and right of possession of all goods delivered under the contract and of all proceeds of resales thereof, whether in cash, note, or book account, should be vested…
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