Roper Wholesale Grocery Co. v. Faver

Faver, as trustee for D. L. Carter, bankrupt, brought a suit against the Roper Wholesale Grocery Company, by which he sought to recover certain personal property described in the petition, which it was alleged had been taken from the assets of the bankrupt by the defendant. Upon the call of the case the' plaintiff abandoned that portion of the petition which sought to recover the property on the idea that by the delivery of the property the bankrupt had made a preference in'violation of the bankrupt law, and the ease proceeded to trial upon that portion of the petition which can very well be…