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219 F. 682

Docket No. 1279.

Nelson v. Heckscher

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided December 14, 1914.)

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1914-12-14

, Judge. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of Joseph W. Blanton. From an order denying the petition of Leon M. Nelson, trustee, to recover certain dividends paid on claims of A. Heckscher and others, the trustee appeals.

2 counsel of record

Relies on Nelson v. Heckscher

Dismissed · Decided 1914-12-14

¶1Bankruptcy @=440 — Order in Bankruptcy Proceedings — Review—Appeal.

¶2Where an order denying the petition of a bankrupt’s trustee to recover dividends paid to certain claimants, involving questions of law only, it - was reviewable on a petition to superintend and revise, and not by appeal. [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Bankruptcy, Cent. Dig. § 915; Dec. Dig. <@=440.

¶3Appeal and review in bankruptcy cases, see note to In re Eggert, 43 C. C. A. 9.]

¶4Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond, in Bankruptcy; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge.

¶5In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of Joseph W. Blanton. From an order denying the petition of Leon M. Nelson, trustee, to re*683cover certain dividends paid on claims of A. Heckscher and others, the trustee appeals.

¶6Dismissed.

¶7S. S. P. Patteson and R. L. Montague, both of Richmond, Va., for appellant.

¶8A. L. Holladay and Hill Montague, both of Richmond, Va. (A. B. Dickinson, of Richmond, Va., on the brief), for appellees.

¶9Before PRITCHARD, KNAPP, and WOODS, Circuit Judges.

¶10WOODS, Circuit Judge.

¶11This case was brought up for review, both by petition to superintend and revise and by appeal. As there are only questions of law involved, the case was decided upon the petition to superintend and revise. 219 Fed. 679, 135 C. C. A. 351.

¶12For this reason, the appeal in this case will be dismissed, with costs, as having been improvidently taken.

¶13Dismissed.

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