In re McKinney

The adjudication in bankruptcy was on October 21, 1872, upon a petition filed September 28, 1872. The bankrupt’s note bears date September 25, 1872, and was due 60 days thereafter. The tender of proof .upon the note was made December 29, 1879. The period of limitation under the Pennsylvania statute is six years. It thus appears that more than the statutory period had run after the adjudiction, and after the maturity of the note, before the proof of debt thereon was tendered. It is a Pennsylvania contract and the parties thereto reside in this state. Is the statute of limitations a bar to the…