Slayton v. Drown
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action op Contract to recover a preference. Plea, the general issue with notice. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1918, Washington County, Fish, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMiles, J.
This is an action by the trustee to recover $1,200, claimed to have been paid to the defendant by the bankrupt as a preference, December 9, 1916. The plaintiff recovered judgment below, and the case is brought here on numerous exceptions, ■ numbering from one to twenty-seven, inclusive, and we take them up in the order in which they are presented in the defendant’s brief.
Exceptions one to nine, inclusive, were to the testimony of the trustee which was, in substance, as follows: That the appraisers of the bankrupt estate were a Mr. Mitchell of Montpelier, proprietor of the McCuen store, and a…
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