Mayo v. Petty

BENJAMIN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

This is a plenary action brought under the Bankruptcy Act. Plaintiffs are the Trustees of the bankrupt estate of William Alton Gray. The defendant is Mrs. Evelyn Brown Petty, wife of A. Preston Petty, Jr. The suit seeks to avoid a deed and recover title to certain real property transferred by the bankrupt to Mrs. Petty on January 2, 1956. Gray was adjudicated a bankrupt on March 21, 1956, less than four months later.

Petty was Gray’s office manager and bookkeeper. He and his wife had acquired title to the property in 1951. It was used as their homestead,…