BROWN SHOE CO. v. CARNS

No. 9612.

65 F.2d 294 (1933)

BROWN SHOE CO. v. CARNS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

May 15, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph T. Finley, of St. Louis, Mo. (James C. Jones, Lon O. Hocker, Frank H. Sullivan, Frank Y. Gladney, and James C. Jones, Jr., all of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.

Edwin C. Luedde, of St. Louis, Mo. (Augustus L. Abbott, Thomas T. Fauntleroy, Patrick H. Cullen, and John B. Edwards, all of St. Louis, Mo., and H. H. Needles, of Sidney, Ohio, on the brief), for appellee.

Before KENYON and SANBORN, Circuit Judges, and REEVES, District Judge.


SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

The appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a judgment rendered against it in an action at law brought by the appellee, the trustee in bankruptcy of E. A. Hilleary, to recover an alleged preferential payment made by the bankrupt within four months prior to his adjudication. In this opinion the appellant will be referred to as "the creditor", the appellee as "the trustee", and E. A. Hilleary as "the debtor."

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