Humphrey v. Tatman
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OP THE STATE OP MASSACHUSETTS. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is an action brought by a trustee in bankruptcy, the defendant in "error, to recover an alleged preference. The case was heard on agreed facts, which may be summed up as follows: Davis filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy on May 23, 1901. Two years before, on May 6, 1899, being then solvent, he executed to the plaintiff in error, Humphrey, a mortgage of his present and after-acquired stock in trade and fixtures, which covered the goods in controversy; but the mortgage was not recorded, and the goods remained in Davis’s possession. On April 30, 1901, Humphrey, having reasonable cause…
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