Legal Opinion

In re O'Brien

District Court, D. New Jersey

Decided June 3, 1914PublishedCited by 5 opinions

In Bankruptcy. In the matter of John O’Brien, Jr., bankrupt. On petition of the TEolian Company for the reclamation of certain erty.

1Opinion of the Court

HAIGHT, District Judge.

[1] The petitioner claims title to a certain piano and a piano stool, which were taken possession of by the trustee as the property of the bankrupt. The referee has decided adversely to the petitioner’s claim. The property in question was delivered by the petitioner to the bankrupt under a conditional bill of sale, which provided that the title should remain in the petitioner until the property had been paid for. At the time of the adjudication only a small amount of the purchase price had been paid. The petitioner had, a few days before the petition in bankruptcy was…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Metcalf v. BarkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  2. Whitney v. WenmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  3. Lauter Co. v. IsenreathSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1909
  4. Lauter & Co. v. O'TooleSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1908

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Neils v. BohlsenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1930
  2. John A. McCrane Motors Co. v. DuffyDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1928
  3. In re A. E. Savage Baking Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1919
  4. In re New York & Baltimore Inland Transp. Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1921
  5. In re Vandewater & Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1915

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