Legal Opinion
Bankr. L. Rep. P 69,793 in Re William H. Edgar, Debtor. Lansing J. Roy, Trustee v. William H. Edgar
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 30, 1984No. 83-3036PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
William H. Edgar appeals the decision of the district court, which held that when an income distribution from a spendthrift trust is made to one who has within six months of the distribution filed a petition in bankruptcy, the bankruptcy trustee takes title to the distribution under Section 70(a) of the old Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S. C.A. § 110(a) (repealed 1978).1 We disagree with the decision below and therefore reverse.
*1372When Clinton Goodloe Edgar, grandfather of appellant, died in 1932, he left a will that directed his executors to establish from his residual estate a spendthrift trust for the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Eaton v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 67,262 in Re Guy Robert Detlefsen, Bankrupt. J. J. Mickelson, Trustee v. Guy Robert Detlefsen and Paine, Webber, Jackson and CurtisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- Young v. Handwork (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950
- Jack M. Thornton, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Estate of John F. Scarborough, Jr., Bankrupt v. John F. Scarborough, Jr., BankruptCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Togut v. Hecht (In Re Hecht)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- Gordon C. York, Inc. v. Kragness (In Re Kragness)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Oregon · 1986
- Martha Hernandez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2014
- In Re HerschUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1986
- In Re HunterUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · 2001
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