New York Credit Men's Ass'n v. Brown

The trustee in bankruptcy filed a petition, praying that the referee re-examine under § 60, sub. d, Bankr.Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 96, sub. d, a payment of $600 made by the bankrupt to its attorney about a month before petition filed, on the ground that it was made “in contemplation of the filing of a petition by or against him.” The respondent by answer denied the allegations of the petition and the referee heard the evidence which showed that about one month before petition filed the bankrupt had paid $600 to the respondent, its attorney. Of this the respondent swore without contradiction that…