William R. Staats Co. v. Security Trust & Savings Bank

Citations

• 243 U.S. 121
• 37 S. Ct. 336
• 61 L. Ed. 632
• 1917 U.S. LEXIS 2101

Syllabus

<p>A suit brought by a trustee in bankruptcy under § 60b of. the Bankruptcy Act to set aside an unlawful preference is a controversy arising in á bankruptcy proceeding.</p> <p>In such controversies, judgments and decrees of the Circuit Courts of Appeals which might otherwise have come within the general appellate powers of this court as defined by the Judicial Code are, by the Act of January 28,1915, 38 Stat. 804, made final, and this court may review them only by certiorari.</p>