Springmann v. Gary State Bank

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

Defendants seek to reverse a judgment rendered against them in an action brought by the plaintiff, the trustee in bankruptcy of Ernest A. Barger, to recover assets fraudulently transferred and claimed to have belonged to the bankrupt. The case was tried by the court without a jury, who made special findings of fact and stated its conclusions of law thereon in favor of the plaintiff.

The controlling facts proved were that on October 10, 1936, Barger was the equitable owner of a tract of land in Gary, Indiana, which he sold to J. J. Realty Corporation, receiving as part of…