In re Bacon
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Petition to Revise Order of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. In the matter of the bankruptcy of Francis Bacon.
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Petition to Revise Order of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. In the matter of the bankruptcy of Francis Bacon. Petition by George E. Zartman, as bankrupt’s trustee, for review of order (196 Fed. 986) reversing a referee’s order directing the surrender of certain stocks held by a bank to the trustee on his payment of a lien amounting to $498.82. Francis Bacon was adjudged a bankrupt on May 4, 1904. Prior to that adjudication, and on February 20, 1899, he had pledged to the Exchange National Bank of Seneca Falls, N. Y„ as collateral security for the…
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). A trustee in bankruptcy comes into this court asking to have reviewed the action of the District Court which reversed an order of the referee on the ground that the latter acted without jurisdiction in entertaining summary proceedings against an adverse claimant.
The contract made by Francis Bacon and the First National 'Bank refers to the fact that the said Bacon has deposited with the Exchange Bank certain stocks which are specifically set forth, and then continues:
“The said Francis Bacon hereby agrees with tbe First National Bank of Waterloo that tbe said…
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