KESSLER v. BECK

No. 5273.

74 F.2d 1016 (1934)

J. T. KESSLER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph A. BECK and R. H. McClester, Receiver of Butler County Oil Refining Company, Butler County National Bank and Trust Company, P. G. Turner, W. D. Walker, C. R. Daugherty, P. F. Conerty, and F. B. Ryan, for Themselves and as a Committee of the Creditors of the Butler County Oil Refining Company, a Corporation, Respondents-Appellees.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

December 11, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. F. Stambaugh, C. Roy Keitzer, Ralph H. Demmler, and Watson & Freeman, all of Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

James E. Marshall and A. R. Cingolani, both of Butler, Pa., Walter Braham, of New Castle, Pa., and Brandon, Brandon & Ross, Marshall & McCandless, and Zeno F. Henninger, all of Butler, Pa., for appellees.

Before BUFFINGTON, WOOLLEY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This bill in equity sought to have the proceeds of certain accounts collected, and certain personal property sold, which came into the hands of the receiver of an insolvent company, decreed to belong to the plaintiff in such bill. He alleged such accounts and property had been assigned to him. The receiver claimed the assignment was an attempt to give the plaintiff an unlawful preference, and that neither the accounts nor the property were ever taken possession...

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