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CHICHESTER v. UNION BANK & TRUST CO. OF LOS ANGELES

No. 15038.

240 F.2d 773 (1957)

Frank M. CHICHESTER, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Estate of S. A. Willen Company, a corporation, bankrupt, Appellant, v. UNION BANK & TRUST CO. OF LOS ANGELES, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooks & Hoffenberg, Gabriel Hoffenberg and Robert N. Richland, Beverly Hills, Cal., for appellant.

Alfred I. Rothman, Los Angeles, Cal., (Loeb & Loeb, Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel), for appellee.

Before ORR, FEE, and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

In this case the Referee in Bankruptcy held that a chattel mortgage held by the Union Bank and Trust Company of Los Angeles as against the Trustee in Bankruptcy upon certain personal property of the bankrupt estate was void and of no effect. The District Court reversed the order of the Referee. Judge Ben Harrison filed an opinion setting forth his reasons for his decision as follows:

"It appears from the...

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