Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. v. Atwood

McDOWEEE, District Judge.

On March 27, 1906, three of the,, creditors of W. J. Atwood, a dealer in lumber in Norfolk, Va., filed a petition, praying that Atwood be adjudicated an involuntary bankrupt. The alleged act of bankruptcy was the payment by Atwood to the Hardwood Dumber Company, a creditor, of $160 on February 27, and of $121.15 on March 6, 1906, being then insolvent, with intent to prefer the said lumber company over his other creditors. The plea-of the bankrupt to the petition consisted of a denial of the commission of the act of bankruptcy alleged in the petition. A jury trial was…