Dean v. Davis
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond; Henry A. M. Smith, Judge. Action by R. Beale Davis, trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of-R. Crawley Jones, bankrupt, and others, against Claude M. Dean. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The property of R. Crawley Jones, bankrupt, was sold by consent, and the proceeds of the sale are now in the hands- of the trustees awaiting final decision of the question whether they should be paid to the general creditors of the bankrupt or to Claude M. Dean, who claims under a deed of trust or mortgage alleged by the creditors to be invalid under the terms of the bankruptcy statute.
The District Judge held: First, that Dean was not a creditor when the trust deed was executed, but, on the contrary, took the trust deed -as security for money lent at the time, and that…
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