Irving I. Bass, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Lease Finance Corp., Bankrupt v. John P. Stodd, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Patrick John Gleason, Etc., Bankrupt, John P. Stodd, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Patrick John Gleason, Etc., Bankrupt v. Irving I. Bass, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Lease Finance Corp., Bankrupt

357 F.2d 458 Irving I. BASS, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Lease Finance Corp., Bankrupt, Appellant, v. John P. STODD, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Patrick John Gleason, etc., Bankrupt, Appellee. John P. STODD, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Patrick John Gleason, etc., Bankrupt, Appellant, v. Irving I. BASS, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Lease Finance Corp., Bankrupt, Appellee. No. 19903. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. March 8, 1966. Nat Rosin, Bertram H. Ross, Harry L. Schuman, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant Irving I. Bass. Elliott & Aune, Peter M. Elliott, Santa Ana, Cal., for cross appellant John P. Stodd. Hubert F. Laugharn, Los Angeles, Cal., amicus curiae brief of Hubert P. Laugharn. Before CHAMBERS, BARNES, HAMLEY, JERTBERG, MERRILL, KOELSCH, BROWNING, DUNIWAY and ELY, Circuit Judges. JERTBERG, Circuit Judge. 1 The case involves a contest between two trustees in bankruptcy. Appellant and cross-appellee, Bass, trustee in bankruptcy of Lease Finance Corporation, bankrupt, petitioned the Referee in Bankruptcy to require Stodd, appellee and cross-appellant, trustee in bankruptcy for one Gleason, bankrupt, to turn over the sum of $3,573.43. Following hearing the petition was…