Greey v. Dockendorff
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the validity of liens claimed by a creditor on accounts receivable assigned to him by the bankrupt, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This was a petition by the appellee, Dockendorff, filed in the bankruptcy proceedings against the bankrupt, the Schwab-Kepner Company, to have paid over to him the proceeds of accounts receivable alleged to have been assigned to him by the bankrupt. The defences set up were that the assignment was a preference and that it wag made without present' consideration with intent to defraud creditors of the bankrupt concern. The case was referred to a special master who found that it did not appear that either the petitioner or the bankrupt knew that the latter was insolvent at the time- of the…
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