HOLT v. CRUCIBLE STEEL CO.

No. 183.

224 U.S. 262 (1912)

HOLT, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF DAVIS, KELLY & CO., v. CRUCIBLE STEEL COMPANY OF AMERICA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 1, 1912.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H.H. Nettelroth, with whom Mr. John C. Doolan was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Keith L. Bullitt, with whom Mr. Wm. Marshall Bullitt was on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This appeal brings up for review a decree reversing an order of the District Court for the Western District of Kentucky in a proceeding in bankruptcy. The matter in dispute is the validity, under the recording law of that State, of an unrecorded chattel mortgage as against creditors who became such after the mortgage was given, and without knowledge of it, where...

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