BERNARDS v. JOHNSON

No. 2.

314 U.S. 19 (1941)

BERNARDS ET AL. v. JOHNSON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 10, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Lemke for petitioners.

Messrs. William L. Brewster and Harrison G. Platt, with whom Mr. A.D. Platt was on the brief, for respondents.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

We took this case because it presents important questions of appellate practice under § 751 of the Bankruptcy Act.

The petitioners, who are adjudicated bankrupts, attack an order and a decree of the District Court, which were affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals.2 The respondents are mortgagees who purchased property of the

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