Legal Opinion

Catlin v. Hoffman

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon

Decided January 5, 1874PublishedCited by 1 opinion

[In bankruptcy. Suit by John Catlin, as-signee in bankruptcy, against Mark Hoffman. to set aside a conveyance as an unlawful preference.]

1Opinion of the Court

DEADY, District Judge.

This suit is brought to set aside a certain conveyance made by the bankrupt, F. Stadler, to the defendant, of a parcel of land at Cornelius, in Washington county, Oregon, because the same was made and received contrary to the bankrupt act, and is a cloud upon the as-signee’s title.

The following facts are admitted or satisfactorily established by the evidence:

I. On January' 13, 1873, a petition in bankruptcy was filed in the district court against said Stadler, upon which, on January 24, he was duly adjudged a bankrupt; and on February 11 the plaintiff was duly appointed…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Campodonico v. Oregon Improvement Co.California Supreme Court · 1891

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