Johnson v. Collier

Citations

• 222 U.S. 538
• 32 S. Ct. 104
• 56 L. Ed. 306
• 1912 U.S. LEXIS 2207

Syllabus

<p>The. bankrupt is not divested’of his property by filing a petition in bankruptcy. He is still the owner, holding in trust, pending the appointment and qualification of the trustee, whose title then relates back to the date of adjudication. .</p> <p>Until the election of the trustee, the bankrupt may institute and maintain a suit on any cause of action possessed by him.</p> <p>161 Alabama, 204, affirmed.</p>