Bergdoll v. Harrigan
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; J. Whitaker Thompson, Judge. ' Action by Frank A. Harrigan, trustee in bankruptcy of the Louis J. Bergdoll Motor Company, against Erwin R. Bergdoll. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by the trustee of the Louis J. Bergdoll Motor Company, bankrupt, hereinafter referred to as. the Company, against Erwin R. Bergdoll, at one time a creditor of the Company, and hereinafter called the defendant, to recover from him the. sum of $31,270, which it is alleged he received from the Company as a preferential payment within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Act. The jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount of the claim and interest.
Of the several assignments of errors, those which require a statement of our conclusions are…
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