PIRIE v. CHICAGO TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY

No. 391.

182 U.S. 438 (1901)

PIRIE v. CHICAGO TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1901.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry Ach and Mr. A.J. Pflaum for appellants. Mr. George Packard, Mr. Joseph M. Rothschild, and Mr. S.O. Levinson were on their brief.

Mr. Eli B. Felsenthal and Mr. Herman Frank for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

The question presented by this record is whether payments in money made by an insolvent debtor to a creditor, the debtor not intending to give a preference, and the creditor not having reasonable cause to believe a preference was intended, did nevertheless constitute a preference within the meaning of the bankrupt act of 1898, and were...

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