HENDERSON v. MAYER

No. 219.

225 U.S. 631 (1912)

HENDERSON, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF BURNS, v. MAYER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 7, 1912.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Orville A. Park, with whom Mr. George S. Jones and Mr. Merrel P. Callaway were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Arthur H. Codington for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The provisions of the Bankruptcy Act, preventing an insolvent from giving or the creditor from securing preferences for preexisting debts, apply not only to mortgages and transfers voluntarily made by the debtor, but also to those preferences which are obtained through legal proceedings, ...

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