PEABODY v. BURGESS

No. 2155.

11 F.2d 412 (1926)

PEABODY et al. v. BURGESS.

District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 2, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hollis R. Bailey and B. A. Brickley, both of Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Gay Gleason and Sawyer, Hardy, Stone & Morrison, all of Boston, Mass., for defendant.


MORTON, District Judge.

This is a suit to recover $6,000 paid to the defendant by one Whitaker, by check, on November 28, 1921. The bill alleges that the transaction was both a preference and a fraudulent conveyance, but only the latter ground is now insisted on. The facts are as follows:

Burgess, Lang & Co. were a firm of stockbrokers, who became bankrupt in March, 1922; the plaintiffs are their trustees. Wm. H. Burgess was one of the partners. Ethel...

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