In re Null

The fund for distribution arises from the sale of certain land of the bankrupt, H. H. Null, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, which, under an order of this court, was sold, divested of liens. The register reports that the heirs of Henry Null, deceased, had the first lien against the land, and he appropriates thereto the sum of $1,485.75. To this appropriation Jesse Pries, a judgment creditor of the bankrupt, has filed exceptions.

This land is part of the real estate of which the bankrupt’s father, Henry Null, died seized, intestate. Subsequently, on September 11, 1849, the widow and heirs…