MR. HERBERT (Buckinghamshire, Wycombe)To ask Mr. Attorney General whether he has taken note of the case of In re Button ex parte Hair side, whereby it was decided that the owner of goods who leaves them in possession of a bailee who becomes bankrupt, so that they pass to the trustee in bankruptcy under the reputed ownership provisions of the Bankruptcy Law, has no right of proof in the bankruptcy for the value of the goods; and whether he will introduce legislation for the relief of innocent persons thus penalised, and put them in a position not inferior to that of a person who has sold goods to a bankrupt but has not received payment.
(Answered by Sir John Walton.) The point is of importance, and should be considered in any alteration of the Bankruptcy Law. It would be well to bring the subject to the notice of the Lord Chancellor and the President of the Board of Trade.