...the beneflt of the estate." Section 70a of the bankrupt act provides that the trustee in bankruptcy shall "be vested by operation of law with the title...bankrupt as of the date he was adJudged a bankrupt" (in this case the 20th day of May, AD 1900) as to "(4) property transferred by him in fraud of creditors."...

...no claim to the fund unless the bankrupt had some title to it at the date of the adjudication. It is the 'title of the bankrupt, as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt,' which is 'vested by operation of law' in the trustee; and this title, so far as pertinent to this case,...

...received. Why should the trustee receive more? By the terms of the bankrupt law the trustee Is vested only "with the title of the bankrupt as of the date he was adjudicated a bankrupt." In the case before us the receiver's charges had been Incurred before that...

...federal Bankruptcy Act provides that the trustee of the estate of a bankrupt upon his qualification " shall be vested by operation of law with the title...bankrupt, as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt." In bankruptcy proceedings brought against him the plaintiff had failed to disclose any property, and...

...the words "The trustee of the estate of a bankrupt, upon his appointment and qualification, » » • shall * * * be vested by operation of law with the...bankrupt, as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt," met the former difficulties. Matter of Zottl, 26 Am. Bankr. Rep. 234, 186 Fed. 84, 108 С. С. A. 196,...

...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 except in so far as It Is to property which is exempt to all • • • (4) property transferred by...

...execution Culy returned not satisfied. Section 70 of the act provides that the trustee shall be vested with the title of the bankrupt as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt, to all the property transferred by him in fraud of his creditors, and also to all the property which might...

...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 ho was adjudged a bankrupt, except in so far as it is to property which is exempt, to all (1) documents...

...SO.— «5 "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 ел of the date he is adjudged a bankrupt * * • to all * • * property which prior to the filing...

...is true that section 70a provides that the trustee, upon his appointment and qualification, becomes vested by operation of law with the title of the bankrupt as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt, there are other provisions of the statute which, we think, evidence the intention to vest in the trustee...