Jacobs v. Hills
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Petition to Revise in Matter of Law an Order of the District Court for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington; Jeremiah Neterer, Judge. In the matter of the bankruptcy of David Jacobs and Isaac Jacobs, copartners, doing business as Jacobs Bros. Petition by S. T. Hills, as trustee, for delivery of assets claimed to have been concealed by David Jacobs and Isaac Jacobs, bankrupts.
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Petition to Revise in Matter of Law an Order of the District Court for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington; Jeremiah Neterer, Judge. In the matter of the bankruptcy of David Jacobs and Isaac Jacobs, copartners, doing business as Jacobs Bros. Petition by S. T. Hills, as trustee, for delivery of assets claimed to have been concealed by David Jacobs and Isaac Jacobs, bankrupts. The order of the referee in favor of the trustee was affirmed, and the bankrupts petition, under Bankruptcy Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, § 24b, 30 Stat. 553 (Comp. St. 1913, § 9608), to revise the…
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The record discloses a careful analysis and review of the facts by the learned judge of the District Court. His findings were made upon evidence which he characterizes in his opinion as “clear and convincing,” and which satisfied him beyond all reasonable doubt that when the petition in bankruptcy was filed and at the time of his decision the bankrupts were in possession and control of the merchandise described in the order.
Petitioners’ principal point is that the court erred, in finding that the bankrupts had a present possession and a present ability to…
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