Wisner v. Wirth

Wisner sued Wirth in ejectment, and based his title on certain alleged bankruptcy proceedings. The court below held that he had not made such proof of title as would be legally sufficient.

Among other copies of documents he produced what seems from the bill of exceptions to have been a record copy of the statutory assignment from the register in bankruptcy to the assignee in bankruptcy. By section 14 of the Bankrupt Law as then in force the title of the bankrupt’s estate is to pass to the assignee by virtue of an assignment *292from the judge or register “by an instrument under his hand.” Bankrupt…