...appointment and qualification, and his successor or successors, if he shall have one or more, upon his or their appointment and qualification, shall in turn...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...

...trustee of the estate of a bankrupt * • • and his successor or successors » « » shall, in their turn, be vested by operation of law with the title...except in so far as It is to property which is exempt," etc. Section 70a. It seems clear to us that this language of the statute leaves no room for argument...

...section 70a (30 Stat. 565 [US Comp. St. 1901, p. 3451]) of the act providing that the trustee "shall be vested by operation of law with the title of the...as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt, except so far as it is to property which is exempt to * * * property which prior to the filing of the petition...

...1898, c. 541, 30 Stat 5C5 [U. 8. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3451]) provides that the trustee shall be vested with: " 'The title of the bankrupt, as of the date...was adjudged a bankrupt, except in so far as It Is property which is exempt, to all ; * * • " '(3) Powers which he might have exercised for his own...

...docs not get his 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.,...

...1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 565 [US Comp. St. 1901, p. 3451] ) provides that the trustee shall be vested with "the title of the bankrupt, as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt, except so far as it is property which is exempt to all * * * (5) Property which prior to the filing of the...

...act (Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 565,'5i)C. [US Сотр. St. 1901, p. 3451]) the trustee is vested by operation of law with the title of the bankrupt as of the date when he was adjudged a bankrupt to all "(5) property which, prior to the filing of the petition, he...

...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...

...declaring that 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 to all documents relating to his property interests and patents, powers which he might have exercised...