In Re Hills

BLACK, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on the petition of a creditor for review of the proceedings and order of the referee in bankruptcy denying the creditor’s motion for leave to withdraw his proof of claim in the sum of $17,868.04.

The trustee made written objections to the allowance of the claim wherein it was alleged that the claimant had received payments in the sum of $39,973.79 from the bankrupt which were voidable as preferences and that the claimant had received payments of usurious interest from the bankrupt and had contracted for the payment of further usurious…