Jones v. Harrison

AMIDON, District Judge.. This is a petition in a bankruptcy proceeding filed by the appellant as trustee to sequester for the benefit of creditors the interest of the bankrupt in a trust estate created by his father’s will. The referee sustained the petition and granted the relief prayed for. The trial court reversed that decision and entered a decree dismissing' the petition on the merits. The present appeal seeks a review of that decree.

These are the facts: In September, 1911, John T. Ready, the bankrupt’s father, made his will. After providing for numerous personal bequests he bequeathed…