In re Cliffe

McPHERSON, District Judge.

The petition avers that Walter R. Cliffe is insolvent, and charges as an act of bankruptcy that “on the 27th day of January, 1899, [he] suffered, while insolvent, other creditors to obtain a preference through legal proceedings, and not having at least five days before sale or final disposition of his property affected by such preference vacated such preference.” Suits had been brought against him, upon which judgments had been obtained shortly before the petition was presented, followed by executions and a sheriff’s sale of his personal property. He made no defense…