HUMPHREY v. TATMAN

No. 169.

198 U.S. 91 (1905)

HUMPHREY v. TATMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 17, 1905.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Brown for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Charles T. Tatman for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action brought by a trustee in bankruptcy, the defendant in error, to recover an alleged preference. The case was heard on agreed facts, which may be summed up as follows: Davis filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy on May 23, 1901. Two years before, on May 6, 1899, being then solvent, he executed to the plaintiff in error, Humphrey, a mortgage of his present...

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