Case Name: Ben SHULMAN et al., Petitioners, v. Hugh WELLS, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Standard Clothing Manufacturing Company, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1926-12-07
Citations: 15 F.2d 1019
Docket Number: No. 4707
Parties: Ben SHULMAN et al., Petitioners, v. Hugh WELLS, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Standard Clothing Manufacturing Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 15
Pages: 1019–1019

Head Matter:
Ben SHULMAN et al., Petitioners, v. Hugh WELLS, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Standard Clothing Manufacturing Company, Respondent.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
December 7, 1926.)
No. 4707.
Sidney N. Weitz and A. V. Cannon, both of Cleveland, Ohio, for petitioners.
Mare J. Grossman, of Cleveland, Ohio, for respondent.
Before DENISON and MOORMAN, Circuit Judges, and HOUGH, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
There being no finding of fact, as contemplated by our rule 34 (2), we cannot find in the record any issue of law for our consideration. See Re Novo Pathic Co. (C. C. A. 6) 14 F.(2d) 955, Oct. 16, 1926.
The case illustrates the necessity for insisting upon findings under this rule. It is a petition for a "turnover" order. The evidence of an accountant for the trustee is said to show a shortage; the accountant for the bankrupts shows a loss from sales below costs. This loss is claimed to be'a complete explanation for the shortage, and thus to leave no legal basis for the referee's conclusion that the bankrupt was keeping property back from the trustee. This depends upon whether the trustee's accountant's finding related to property which had not been sold at all, and so must be on hand. Upon this question there is nothing in the record to compel a negative answer, even if we might go to the referee's certificate for findings.
Petition dismissed.