In re Knight
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
In Bankruptcy. On rule to require the surrender of property to the trustee.
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, District Judge.
Upon hearing the testimony and considering the record so far as applicable to the pending rule, the court finds the facts to be as follows: On March 21, 1903, Henry Knight, of Fulton, Ky., owning property probably worth $45,000, made a general assignment for the benefit of his creditors to R. M. Chowning, who then was and now is the cashier of the First National Bank of Fulton. That on the same day, in writing at the foot of the deed of assignment, Chowning accepted the trust, though he did not qualify •as assignee in the county court of Fulton county, as required by…
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