...successors, if he shall have one or more, upon his or their appointment and qualification, shall in turn be vested, by operation of law, with the title of the...bankrupt as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt." (i Fed. Stat. Annotated, sec. 70, p. 697.) We are of the opinion, therefore, the question of title...

...necessary effect of his act " (4). III. The clause in section 70, providing that the trustee shall be vested by operation of law with the title of the bankrupt " as of the date when he was adjudged a bankrupt," does not affect the question. The purpose of that clause was to protect...

...the estate of a bankrupt * • • and his successor or successors » « » shall, in their turn, be vested by operation of law with the title of the bankrupt as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt, except in so far as It is to property which is exempt," etc. Section 70a. It seems clear to us that...

...of 1898 [Сотр. St § 9654], the trastee of the estate, on his appointment and qualification, is vested by operation of law with the title of the bankrupt as of the date he was adjudicated a bankrupt; but there are many provisions of the law which show its purpose to hold the...

...the rules above quoted. The Bankruptcy Act (Section 70a) declares that a trustee "shall * • • be vested by operation of law with the title of the bankrupt" as of the date of adjudication, to all (1) property which prior to the filing of the petition he (the bankrupt) could...

...and in possession of the life estate. Section 70 of the Bankrupt Act vests the Trustee in bankruptcy, by operation of law, with the title of the bankrupt, as of the date of adjudication, of all property which, prior to the filing of the petition, the bankrupt could by...

...right to proceed against Lutz under section 70, Bankr. Law 1898. providing that he "shall in turn be vested by operation of law with the title of the bankrupt, as of the <lute he was adjudged a bankrupt, except in so far as it is to property which is exempt, to all," etc.,...

..."The trustee of the estate of a bankrupt, upon his appointment and qualification, * * * shall * * * be vested by operation of law with the title of the bankrupt, as of the date he was adjudged bankrupt * * * to all property which prior to the filing of the petition he could by any means have...

...that the trustee of an estate of a bankrupt upon his appointment and qualification shall be invested by operation of law with the title of the bankrupt as of the date he was so adjudged, except as it relates to property exempt from execution; and, further, that he may avoid...

...of ¡ the estate of a bankrupt, upon his appointment and qualification, * • • shall In turn be vested by operation of law with the title of the bankrupt, as of the date be was adjudged a bankrupt, except in so far as it is to property which is exempt * * * (4) property...