Donohue v. Dykstra
District Court, E.D. Michigan
At Law. Action by Eugene C. Donohue, trustee of the American Silica Company, a corporation, bankrupt, against Joseph W. Dykstra and Alexander Zindlor, copartners doing business as J. W. Dykstra & Co., to recover an alleged preference of the bankrupt made within four months of bankruptcy. On motion for new trial after verdict for defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, District Judge.
This is a motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict of the jury was so contrary to the evidence that it should be set aside and either a judgment non obstante veredictoentered or a new trial granted.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, as trustee of the estate of the American Silica Company, a Michigan corporation, bankrupt, against the defendant partnership, J. W. Dykstra & Co., to recover from the latter an alleged preference given by said bankrupt to said defendant within four months prior to the filing of the petition in bankruptcy against said…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Grant v. National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Mt. Adams & E. P. Inclined Ry. Co. v. LoweryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
- Pennsylvania Casualty Co. v. WhitewayCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1914
- Pringle v. GuildU.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina · 1903
- Pittsburgh Rys. Co. v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1909
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