Arbuthnot v. Central Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois; Ferdinand A. Geiger, Judge. In the matter of Isaac D. Richheimer, trading as Richheimer & Co., bankrupt, of which the Central Trust Company of Illinois was appointed receiver and trustee.
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois; Ferdinand A. Geiger, Judge. In the matter of Isaac D. Richheimer, trading as Richheimer & Co., bankrupt, of which the Central Trust Company of Illinois was appointed receiver and trustee. On petitions to establish the ownership of property, orders were made in favor of the Commercial National Bank of Cedar Rapids and others, the German-American Savings Bank, and the Central National Bank of Peoria, which filed answers, treated as cross-petitions, and the petitioners, Charles…
1Opinion of the CourtSeaman, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The transactions involved in these three appeals are several importations of coffee by the bankrupt from Brazil, on which the appellants respectively (London bankers) had advanced the purchase price, under provisions made for security of the appellants, through ownership of the goods, pending payment by the bankrupt of such advances. On arrival in Chicago, as consigned, the bankrupt received and stored the imported goods in public warehouses, taking the customary warehouse receipts therefor in his own name. The controversy arises out of negotiations by the…
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