Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Central Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. In the matter of the bankruptcy of the Mossier Company. Petition by the Chicago Title & Trust Company, a corporation, as trustee, opposed by the Central Trust Company of Illinois, a cqrporation, trustee in bankruptcy. From a decree affirming an order of the referee denying the petition, petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, assignee of a lessor, levied a distress warrant four days before a petition in bankruptcy was filed against the lessee which was insolvent at and after the levy. The lease contained the following provision:
“Said party of tbe second part further covenants and agrees that said party of tbe first part, or tbe representatives or assigns of said party, shall have, at all times, tbe right to distrain for rent due, and shall have a first and valid lien upon all personal property of said party of tbe second part, which they now have or own or may hereafter acquire or…
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