Burns v. O'Gorman Co.

BROWN, District Jtu1. A rustee in bankruptcy may sue in trover for a conversion o.í r ⅛ occurring either before or after bankruptcy, and in a declaration >w.y join a count upon the bankrupt’s title and a count upon the nusUv's title. 2 Chitty on Pleading (11th Am. Ed.) 837 et seq.; 1 Chitty on Pleading (11th Am. Ed.) 71.

At the date of üie writ the trustee was vested with the title of the bankrupt in the goods, and with-the bankrupt’s rights of action arising from an tinbiwicl irking of his property. Bankr. Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, § 70a. subd. 5, 6, 30 Stat. 565 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p.…