Bray v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Parkersburg; Alston G. Dayton, Judge. v Bankruptcy proceedings against the Evansville Contract Company. From a decree granting the petition of the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company to set aside as fraudulent a sale of claims by the bankrupt, made by M. J. Bray, as trustee in bankruptcy, to Jacob Eichel,'the trustee and the buyer appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
On Fehruary 27, 1904, the Evansville Contract Company, an Indiana corporation, was adjudicated bankrupt by the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. The trustees appointed were the appellant M. J. Bray and two others, of whom one died and the other resigned, so that in March, 1906, Bray became the sole trustee. Among the assets of the bankrupt which passed to the trustees were certain claims against the United States, growing out of previous transactions with the government, on, which suits had been brought and were then pending in the Court of…
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