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DEAN v. DAVIS

No. 70.

242 U.S. 438 (1917)

37 S.Ct. 130

61 L.Ed. 419

DEAN v. DAVIS, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF JONES, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 8, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wyndham R. Meredith, with whom Mr. C.V. Meredith was on the briefs, for appellant.

Mr. Bartlett Roper and Mr. Richard B. Davis for appellees, submitted.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

The Bankruptcy Act, as amended February 5, 1903, provides in § 60b that if a debtor has within four months before the filing of the petition in bankruptcy made a transfer which the person receiving the same has reason to believe was intended to give a preference, the transfer shall be voidable, and the trustee in bankruptcy may recover the property or its value...

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