Eisenberg v. Weisskopf
Opinion of the Court
Before the proceedings were instituted which resulted in the adjudication of Stem as a bankrupt, petitioners Eisenberg and Gorenstein were in possession of certain goods. After adjudication respondent Weisskopf, receiver and later trustee, filed a petition for a summary order on Eisenberg and Gorenstein to surrender the goods to the estate. At the summary hearing Stern testified that to evade the levy of an attachment he had put the goods into the possession of Eisenberg and Gorenstein as his agents or bailees to hold possession for him. On the other hand, Eisenberg and Goren-stein testified that the goods, originally theirs, Tiad been put into Stern’s retail store on consignment or conditional bills of sale; that under their reservation of title they had taken possession, in order to prevent their goods from coming into the possession of the attaching creditor; and
On the authority of In re Goldstein, 216 Fed. 887, 133 C. C. A. 91, and eases there cited, the order of the District Court is
Reversed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- EISENBERG v. WEISSKOPF. In re STERN
- Status
- Published