Legal Opinion

Robert W. Matthews, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Beard & Company, Inc. v. James Talcott, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 15, 1965No. 14745_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of defendant James Talcott, Inc. in a plenary action brought by the trustee in bankruptcy of Beard & 'Company, Inc., an Indiana corporation.

Beard & Company had conducted a lumber business in Indianapolis for a number of years before it was adjudicated a bankrupt on October 15, 1962, following the filing of a creditors’ petition in involuntary bankruptcy.

James Talcott, Inc., a New York corporation, with a principal office in Chicago, claimed rights as a secured creditor in all of the inventory, accounts receivable, and machinery…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McKenzie v. Irving Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Duke v. StricklandIndiana Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Lincoln National Bank & Trust Co. v. NathanIndiana Supreme Court · 1939
  4. Baldwin v. BoyceIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Colbath v. Mechanicks National BankSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1950

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Grain Merchants of Indiana, Inc., Bankrupts, Mark L. France, Trustee v. Union Bank and Savings Company, Bellevue, OhioCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
  2. King-Porter Company v. ScanlonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  3. Miller v. Wells Fargo Bank International Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1975
  4. Rosenberg v. RudnickDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1967
  5. In Re Portland Newspaper Publishing Co.District Court, D. Oregon · 1967

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