Nortex Trading Corp., Claimant-Appellant v. Samuel Newfield, Trustee of Kaunitz & O'brien, Inc., Bankrupt, Trustee-Appellee

KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge.

Nortex Trading Corp. filed a proof of claim in the above-entitled bankruptcy proceeding, founded upon a series of promissory notes of the bankrupt. The claim was accompanied by a power of attorney in favor of Nortex’s attorneys, which expressly authorized them to receive all notices in the proceeding. Subsequently, the trustee in bankruptcy petitioned the referee to issue an order to show cause why Nortex should not “pay to the trustee herein the sum of $118,-599.63, together with interest, and striking out the respondent’s proof of claim until such payment is made * *…