Security Warehousing Co. v. Hand’s Empirical Analysis

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122 federal appellate · 48 district · 31 state decisions

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1. ““By section 70a,” says Hr. Justice Beckham, “the trustee in bankruptcy is vested by operation of law with the title of the bankrupt to all property transferred by him in fraud of his creditors, and to all property which, prior to the filing of the petition, might have been levied upon and sold by judicial process against him; and by subdivision ‘e’ of the same section the trustee in bankruptcy may avoid any transfer by the bankrupt of his property, which any creditor of the bankrupt might avoid, and may recover the property so transferred or its value. Here are special provisions placing the title to the property transferred by fraud, or otherwise as mentioned, in the trustee in bankruptcy, and giving him the power to avoid the same.””

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stellwagen v. Clum · In re Gebbie & Co.

2. ““From these findings it appeared that the Security Warehousing Company was a corporation of the state of New York, duly licensed to do business in the state of Wisconsin, and that it was engaged in the business of ‘field warehousing,’ so called; that it owned no warehouse of its own, and occupied no public warehouse at any place. The warehousing company leased certain premises from the (bankrupt) knitting company in Racine in the state of Wisconsin, and also certain premises at a place called ‘Stevens Point’ in the same state. These two places were occupied by the knitting company with their goods to be sold, and the goods were placed on the premises really occupied by tbe knitting company, although in form leased by it to the warehousing company, .and the so-called warehouse receipts were given to the knitting company by the warehousing company, acknowledging the receipt of the property at such places. There was no change of the possession in fact, and scarcely any in form. These receipts were in turn pledged by the knitting company to various banks, and moneys obtained upon the security of such receipts from them.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Gebbie & Co.

3. ““The case at bar bears no resemblance in its facts to the cases just cited. There was no valid disposition of the property in the case before us, or any valid lien. The so-called ‘warehouse receipts’ issued by the warehousing company to the knitting company, upon the facts of this case, gave no lien under the law in Wisconsin, in which state they were issued. In such case this court follows the state court.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fourth St. Nat. Bank v. Millbourne Mills Co.'s Trustee