In re Schaefer

McPIEERSON, District Judge.

The question for decision arises upon the following certificate of the referee:

“The petition by creditors of Christian Schaefer, bankrupt, was filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the United States on July 7, 1900. Christian Schaefer was adjudicated a bankrupt on August 4, 1900. At the first meeting of creditors, held September 20, 1900, a claim was presented by the Farmers’ National Bank of Lancaster. Pa., against the estate of Christian Schaefer, on a note given by Frank Pfeiffer to the order of Christian Schae-fer for $300, and indorsed by…