Frederick v. Meyran
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania; Charles P. Orr, Judge. In the matter of the Harry Davis Restaurant Company, bankrupt. Klliot Frederick, trustee, appeals from an order allowing the claim of Louis A. Meyran.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
The Harry Davis Restaurant Company, hereafter called the company, was adjudged a bankrupt on an involuntary petition filed June 9, 1920. At that time the company was in arrears in rent in the sum of $14,227.66. Prior to bankruptcy Albert Pick & Co. had leased to the Restaurant Company certain goods on *504which the landlord waived his right to distrain. There was other property on the premises in the possession of the company subject to the landlord’s lien. Pick & Co. instituted reclamation proceedings, but the court held that the so-called lease was a conditional sale, and…
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