In re E. O. Thompson's Sons

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

E. O. Thompson’s Sons, a trading corporation, was adjudged bankrupt on June 7, 1901. The business had been carried on in a room on Chestnut street, which was vacated about April 1st, leaving two months’ rent in arrears. ■ The bankrupt’s immediate lessor was E. O. Thompson, who had taken the original lease from the owner of the premises, and continued to be liable to him for the rent. The owner presented a claim against the bankrupt estate for two months’ use and occupation, February and *175March, and also made a demand upon E. O. Thompson—or upon his executors,…