Hunt v. Doyal
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Wright. Floyd superior court. February 1, 1906. Doyal, as trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of Hunt, bankrupt, filed suit against Mrs. Hunt, wife of the bankrupt, alleging, that on November 20, 1903, Hunt filed a petition for his adjudication as a bankrupt, and was so adjudicated on November-, 1903; that on November 30, at a meeting of the creditors, plaintiff was duly elected trustee; that on various dates in 1897 Hunt acquired title, by…
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Wright. Floyd superior court. February 1, 1906. Doyal, as trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of Hunt, bankrupt, filed suit against Mrs. Hunt, wife of the bankrupt, alleging, that on November 20, 1903, Hunt filed a petition for his adjudication as a bankrupt, and was so adjudicated on November-, 1903; that on November 30, at a meeting of the creditors, plaintiff was duly elected trustee; that on various dates in 1897 Hunt acquired title, by written conveyance, to certain described parcels of land, and was at that time also the owner and in possession of…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.
(After stating the facts.) A trustee in bankruptcy is expressly authorized bjr 'the bankruptcy act to avoid any transfer by the bankrupt of his property which any creditor might have avoided, and recover the property so transferred, or its value, from *419the one to whom it was transferred, unless such person was a bona fide holder for value prior to the date of the adjudication. 1 Fed. Stat. Annot. 702. The purpose of this portion of the bankruptcy act was to vest the trustee with the same rights which a creditor of the bankrupt would have had under the State laws in the event the debtor had not…
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