In re Tatum

PURNEEE, District Judge.

In July, 1901, the firm of Tatum, Mann & Co. made an assignment for the benefit of creditors, and the trustee, under said assignment, entered into possession of the stock of merchandise. Shortly thereafter, on the petition of creditors, the firm was adjudged bankrupt. Said trustee was in possession of the stock of goods 39 days, when it was taken into possession of the trustee in bankruptcy. The trustee, under the assignment, now files a petition asking that the expenses incurred in preserving the estate and an allowance of $2.50 per day for his. services in this…