IN RE TUSCALOOSA VENEER CO.

No. 29852.

439 F.2d 318 (1971)

In the Matter of TUSCALOOSA VENEER CO., Inc. In the Matter of HOWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. PETTIBONE MULLIKEN CORPORATION, Petitioner-Appellant, v. William B. COMPTON, Receiver, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 2, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank T. Williams, Satterfield, Shell, Williams & Buford, Jackson, Miss., for appellant.

Arlo Temple, William B. Compton, Witherspoon & Compton, Meridian, Miss., for appellee.

Before RIVES, THORNBERRY and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Pettibone Mulliken Corporation, the seller of a machine, appeals from a district court order upholding the denial by the Referee in Bankruptcy of its petition to reclaim the machine from the trustee of a bankrupt buyer. This appeal turns on whether the lien created by a conditional sale contract between the claimant and the buyer was executed out of the State of Mississippi. We determine that it was, and we affirm.

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