In re Ennis’s Empirical Analysis

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13 federal appellate · 5 district ·

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1. ““On April 0. 1909, the People’s Bank ordered sold through the bankrupts’ Passaic branch $15,000 of certain bonds. The order was executed upon the same day. and the bonds were sold, to one Cohen. On. April 12, 1909, holidays intervening, the bonds were delivered to the bankrupts at New York. The messenger who delivered the bonds was instructed to obtain a certified check for their proceeds and to deposit the same in a New York bank. The messenger, however, delivered the bonds upon an uncertified check drawn upon the Mechanics’ Bank and deposited that. The condition of the bankrupts’ bank account upon said day would have permitted the certification of a chock for the amount of the proceeds of said bonds. On April 13, 1909,^ the bankrupts suspended, and payment of said uncertified cheek was refuséd by the bank upon which it was drawn. The check received from Cohen for the purchase price of said bonds was deposited to the credit of the bankrupts, in said Mechanics’ Bank. The People’s Bank had no account with the bankrupts, except a deposit account of the bankrupts, the balance due upon which was deducted by the master from the claim of said bank.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re J. C. Wilson & Co.

2. “■ “Now, the report of the master ‘restates’ the account of the appellant with the banlcrupts, and shows a substantial balanee in favor of the appellant without counting the securities in question. This statement is made in view of liquidation as at the time of the failure, and shoivs that the bankrupts, according to their own account, had more securities and property of the appellant than the amount he owed, and that the securities in question w'ere not required for the marginal purposes for which they were deposited.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re J. C. Wilson & Co.

3. ““The proceeds of the claimant’s bonds constituted trust funds, which were traced into the Mechanics’ Bank and have unjustly enriched the bankrupts’ estate.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re J. C. Wilson & Co.