Chichester v. Polikowsky

231 F.2d 183 Frank M. CHICHESTER, Trustee in Bankruptcy for the Estate of Kenneth P. Schmidt Builders, Inc., Bankrupt, Appellant, v. Clarence E. POLIKOWSKY, Winnifred Polikowsky, Kenneth P. Schmidt and Mary Wilkins Schmidt, Appellees. No. 14606. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. Sept. 30, 1955. Craig, Weller & Laugharn, C. E. H. McDonnell, Frank C. Weller, Thomas S. Tobin, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant. Blanche & Fueller, John K. Blanche, Pasadena, Cal., Lawrence M. Cahill, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellees. Before FEE and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, District Judge. JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge. 1 Based upon an involuntary petition in bankruptcy, an order was entered on December 7, 1953, adjudging Kenneth P. Schmidt Builders, Inc., a corporation, bankrupt. At the time of the filing of the petition and at the date of the adjudication, clear legal title to a piece of real property stood in the name of the bankrupt corporation. Through their attorney, Chester E. Polikowsky and Winnifred Polikowsky filed a petition for an order to show cause directed to Kenneth P. Schmidt and Mary Wilkins Schmidt, the bankrupt corporation and the Trustee in…