Great West Life Assurance Co. v. Rothman

OPINION

BARNES, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Central District of California affirming an Order, made by the Referee in Bankruptcy denying appellant’s claim, as a trust deed beneficiary, for recovery of rents collected and held by appellee, Trustee in Bankruptcy.

The relevant facts can best be summarized in outline form in a chronological time sequence.

Great West Life Assurance Company of Winnipeg, Canada, appellant herein, is hereinafter referred to as “Lender”. A. J. Bumb and Dan M. Rothman, Ap-pellee (who succeeded Bumb as…