Sehon-Stevenson & Co. v. Townshend

HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.

This is the third appeal in the bankruptcy proceeding of R. R. Smith. Twice before, the Smith case has been before this court and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. See In re Smith, 23 F.Supp. 174; Union Trust Co. of Maryland v. Townshend, 101 F.2d 903; Sehon-Stevenson & Co. v. Union Trust Co. of Maryland et al., 113 F.2d 968, decided August 30, 1940. No additional evidence has been taken in this case. The facts are stated in detail in these opinions, and will not be repeated here, except so far as they relate to the instant controversy.

In 1931 bankrupt was…