213 F. 177 | 8th Cir. | 1914
(after stating the facts as above). Counsel for the trustee present three reasons why the decree allowing the claim of the commission company should be reversed or modified: (1) That in August, 1899, it made an agreement with Hawks to loan him the money to pay the 40 per cent, of the claims of his other creditors which was to be paid under the composition agreement, in 'consideration that Hawks'promised to pay his debt for $3,987.57 to :it specified in that agreement in full; (2) that after the mortgage of
. The lucid and exhaustive opinion of the court below has demonstrated its familiarity with the voluminous evidence in this case and its clear comprehension of the law and the facts which conditioned its decision. In re Hawks, 204 Fed. 309. Reference is made to that opinion for a more extended discussion of the case and citation of the authorities than it is necessary to present here, and this opinion will be confined to an expression of the view of this court upon the conclusions of the court below which the appeal challenges.
The decree below must therefore be affirmed.
And it is so ordered.