Chapman v. Hunt
District Court, N.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by George D. Chapman, as trustee in bankruptcy of the Syracuse Candy Works, Incorporated, against Edward A. Hunt.
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In Equity. Suit by George D. Chapman, as trustee in bankruptcy of the Syracuse Candy Works, Incorporated, against Edward A. Hunt. The action is in equity to recover of the defendant certain money alleged to have been received by him' of the bankrupt as a preference, and also in fraud of the creditors of said bankrupt, and also to determine title and, right to certain money in the hands of the said trustee in bankruptcy, and in a certain deposit known as “Partial Payment Account” claimed by defendant to belong to him. The case is submitted on two stipulations as to the facts accompanied by the…
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
June 5, 1916, the Syracuse Candy Works, a New York corporation having its place of business at Syracuse, N. Y., where it was engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling candy, was duly adjudicated a bankrupt, and George D. Chapman was thereafter in due course appointed trustee of the bankrupt’s estate and duly qualified as such. The petition was filed May 13, 1916.
The Syracuse Candy Works, which for brevity may be called Candy Works, was incorporated in 1912. The defendant, Edward A. Hunt, was one of the incorporators, and acted as president and. one of the…
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