Oliver v. Staples & Pfeiffer

Plaintiff sued and recovered judgment against the defendants for the sum of $538.49 in an action to recover a preference under the provisions of sections 60a and 60b of the National Bankruptcy Act (U. S. Comp. Stats., see. 9644). Plaintiff alleged and the court found that he was the duly appointed and acting trustee in bankruptcy of the Commercial Brass Foundry, a partnership; that the bankrupt owed the defendants, a partnership composed of the individuals named therein, the sum of $538.49 upon a general antecedent debt, and that during the four months preceding the filing of the petition in…