Lontos v. Coppard
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas; William B. Sheppard, Judge. In the matter of the bankruptcy of the Pancoast-Morgan Company. M. Coppard, trustee, excepted to the claim of C. N. Tontos, a creditor, and the creditor appeals from an order and decree affirming the order of the- referee sustaining the exceptions to the allowance of his claim.
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, District Judge.
In this case the undisputed facts necessary to its consideration are these: The Pancoast-Morgan Company was adjudicated a bankrupt on June 3, 1915. At that time it was occupying a store in San Antonio rented from C. N. Lontos, by a written lease, at a monthly rental of $550, payable in advance, the lease running from March 1, 1913, to October 31, 1922. On June 25, 1915, the trustee was elected, and the same day the landlord filed his proof of debt for the rent due for the month of May, 1915, and claimed a lien, under the belief that it was all he was entitled' to. On…
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