Case Name: Irving I. Kempner et al., Plaintiffs, v. Cacalie Bauer, J. Burnet Nash, as Trustee in Bankruptcy, Impleaded with Others, Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1907-02
Citations: 53 Misc. 109
Docket Number: 
Parties: Irving I. Kempner et al., Plaintiffs, v. Cacalie Bauer, J. Burnet Nash, as Trustee in Bankruptcy, Impleaded with Others, Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 53
Pages: 109–110

Head Matter:
Irving I. Kempner et al., Plaintiffs, v. Cacalie Bauer, J. Burnet Nash, as Trustee in Bankruptcy, Impleaded with Others, Defendants.
(Supreme Court, Hew York Special Term,
February, 1907.)
Bankruptcy — What passes to the assignee and the nature of Ms title — Effect of discharge of trustee.
By the adjudication in bankruptcy and the appointment of the trustee a bankrupt is divested of all title to his property, and the trustee’s discharge does not restore title to the bankrupt or his heirs.
Action for partition.
Kurzman & Frankenheimer, for plaintiffs.
Carrington G. Arnold, for defendant Hash, trustee.

Opinion:
O'Gorman, J.
It is clear that the interest of the bankrupt in the realty in question belongs in equity to the creditors. By the adjudication in bankruptcy and the appointment of the trustee the bankrupt was divested of all title to his. property (Rand v. Iowa Central R. Co., 186 N. Y. 58), and nothing has occurred by which the title has been restored to the bankrupt or his heirs.- The discharge of the trustee should not preclude an application to open the discharge and reinstate the original trustee or appoint a successor. Let the interlocutory judgment provide that one-third of the net proceeds be deposited in the office of the chamberlain of the city of Hew York, subject to the further order of the court. After the sale and the ascertainment of the amount distributable, the trustee in bankruptcy may make such application as he may be advised in the premises..
Ordered accordingly.