Johnson v. Wheeler

The respondent, Ethel Johnson, filed her voluntary petition in bankruptcy on June 28, 1950, and was adjudicated a bankrupt the next day.

On September 26, 1950, the appellant, Charles Wheeler, was appointed as her trustee in bankruptcy.

The next day, a document was filed with the auditor of King county bearing date of January 28, 1950, in which Ethel Johnson quitclaimed the property here in question to her husband, Ralph C. Johnson. This conveyance was a nullity under the provisions of the bankruptcy act, 11 U. S. C., § 107 (d) (2), because it was made “within one year prior to the filing of a…