IN RE WILLOUGHBY

No. 7356.

95 F.2d 932 (1938)

In re WILLOUGHBY et al. BERRY v. AUSTIN et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

April 12, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. N. Hardin, of Greeneville, Tenn. (Swingle & Hardin and Fraker & Maupin, all of Greeneville, Tenn., on the brief), for appellants.

F. H. Parvin, of Greeneville, Tenn. (C. S. Stephens, of Morristown, Tenn., and Susong & Parvin, of Greeneville, Tenn., on the brief), for appellees.

Before HICKS, SIMONS, and ALLEN, Circuit Judges.


SIMONS, Circuit Judge.

The question for decision is whether trust deeds given to secure loans in Tennessee while the grantors were solvent but recorded after insolvency and within four months of the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, evidence secured claims against the bankrupts' estate. The referee held they did not, but the District Court reversed. The question requires consideration of the Tennessee Registration Statute, and the effect of an amendment to section...

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