Havens & Geddes Co. v. Pierek

Herman Pierek, trustee of the bankrupt, filed a bill in equity in the district court against Havens & Geddes Company, a corporation of the state of Indiana, alleging the adjudication of Flora J. Graham as an involuntary bankrupt on April 16, 1900; that the bankrupt’s stock of goods in January, 1900, was destroyed by fire, being insured, and on February 1, 1900, the sum due from the Insurance Company of North America upon a policy issued by it upon the stock was adjusted at the sum of $1,561.34; that on February 10, 1900, and within four months prior to the adjudication in bankruptcy, the…