In re Wylie
In re Wylie
Opinion of the Court
When this matter was before us upon the petition of Joseph Allgair for annulment of an order of the District Court, dated July 24, 1905, setting aside a sale of the property of the bankrupt which had been made by the trustees to said Allgair, that order was affirmed, with direction for further proceedings in connection therewith; and if, in pursuance thereof, the trustees in bankruptcy had again sold the property, the questions now presented by their petition for revision could hardly Have arisen. Allgair v. William F. Fisher & Co., 143 Fed. 962, 75 C. C. A. 148. The taxes in dispute would unquestionably have been for payment by the trustees; and it is quite clear, we think, that the sum to he paid to Allgair, and the costs incurred in determining its amount, would have been payable from the proceeds of the required bid of “not less than the sum of $60,000, and, in addition thereto, such sum” as might he awarded to Allgair.
But shortly after the making of the order of July 24, 1905, Joseph Allgair appeared in the District Court and (as explained by the learned judge of that court) “offered to place the property in the
The order to which this petition for review relates is affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- In re WYLIE
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- Syllabus
- Bankruptcy — Resale op Property — Rights op Purchaser. A sale of property by a trustee in bankruptcy was set aside by an order directing- a resale of the property “free and discharged of and from all incumbrances,” and requiring the petitioner to give security to bid an advanced price offered, and, in addition, such sum as might be awarded to the prior purchaser. Pending an appeal from such order the court vacated a prior order staying execution on a decree of foreclosure previously entered in a state court, but requiring the petitioner, with its consent, to make a similar bid at the foreclosure sale. It became the purchaser at such sale at a price largely in excess of that which it had undertaken to bid. Held, that it was entitled to the property free of incumbrance, the same as though the sale had been made by the bankruptcy court; and that the amount awarded to the former purchaser, and the costs in connection therewith, as well as the accumulated taxes on the property, should he paid by the trustees from the proceeds of the sale.