HOFFMAN v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MARIETTA

No. 4631.

54 F.2d 1078 (1932)

B. F. HOFFMAN, Bankrupt, Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MARIETTA et al., Appellees.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 11, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter P. Zion, of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Bernard J. Myers, John E. Malone, and Zimmerman, Myers & Kready, all of Lancaster, Pa., for appellees.

Before BUFFINGTON, WOOLLEY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

In the court below a petition in bankruptcy was filed against B. F. Hoffman, hereafter called appellant. The latter demanded a jury trial, at which the court submitted the question to the jury whether the appellant was insolvent and whether he had committed an act of bankruptcy. Both these issues the jury found against the appellant.

In his answer appellant averred he was chiefly engaged in the tillage of the soil, and therefore...

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