...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." (i Fed. Stat. Annotated, sec. 70, p. 697.) We are of the opinion, therefore, the question of title...

...and the assignee to contention that by section 70 of the act itself, " the trustee takes the estate of the bankrupt as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt,'' the assignee thereby arguing that as the property was assigned previously, the trustee could not take...

...of the bankrupt act of 1898 (Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat 5C5 [U. 8. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3451]) provides that the trustee shall be vested with: "...bankrupt, as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt, except in so far as It Is property which is exempt, to all ; * * • " '(3) Powers which he might have...

...significance, and that it is to be determined as of the later date is suggested by the provision in section 70a that the trustee shall be vested with the title of...bankrupt as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt. But, as the facts of the present case do not require that we determine this matter, we pass it, observing,...

...or more, upon his or their appointment und 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. * * * to all * » » property which prior to the filins of the petition he (the bankrupt) could by any means have...

...section 70a the trustee, upon his appointment and qualification, shall be vested, by operation of law, with the title of the bankrupt, as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt, to "(4) property transferred by him in fraud of his creditors." The result is that all such property is...

...• • and his successor or successors » « » shall, in their 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," etc. Section 70a. It seems clear to us that...

...section 70, of the Bankruptcy Act of July 1, 1898 (30 Stat. 565, c, 541 [Comp. St. 1916, § 9654]), provides that the trustee — "shall * * * be vested * * * with the title of the bankrupt, as ot the date he was adjudged a bankrupt, except in so far as it is to property which is exempt, to all...

...9654], the trastee of the estate, on his appointment and qualification, is vested by operation of law with the title of the bankrupt as of the date he was adjudicated a bankrupt; but there are many provisions of the law which show its purpose to hold the...

...1S98, c. 541, « 70, 30 Stat. 505 (US Сотр. St. 1901, p. 3451), vesting a trastee in bankruptcy with the title of the bankrupt as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt, except as to property exempt and to property transferred in fraud of creditors, and subdivision "e"...