Case Name: In re NEEDHAM
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1869
Citations: 17 F. Cas. 1275
Docket Number: 
Parties: In re NEEDHAM.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 17
Pages: 1275–1275

Head Matter:
Case No. 10,081a.
In re NEEDHAM.
[1 Chi. Leg. News, 171.]
District Court, E. D. Missouri.
1869.
Bankruptcy — Trust Deed —Sale bt Creditor without Permission of Court.
1. A creditor of a. bankrupt holding the security of a deed of trust in the nature of a mortgage with a power of sale, in a third party as trustee, must prove his debt as a creditor holding a security, and obtain the permission of the court to have the security sold. If he directed a sale without this permission, the court, upon application of the assignee, will set aside the sale.
2. If the trustee sell without the authority of the court, does any title pass to the purchaser?

Opinion:
Decided by
TREAT, District Judge.