McAbee v. Isom

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The appeal is from a judgment of the District Court dated November 24, 1939, which affirmed an order of the referee in bankruptcy dated October 7, 1939, denying a motion of appellant Bessie McAbee to amend her claim as creditor of H. M. Skidmore, bankrupt, by striking from it the statement of security for it, so as to present it as an unsecured claim against the general estate.

The record shows that appellant lost her leg in an automobile collision due, as she asserted, to Skidmore’s negligence, for which she sued for damages in a State court. He became a voluntary…