In re Little

SHIRAS, District Judge.

From the record certified up in this case it appears that prior to August, 1899, the bankrupt, Dan. F. Little, was in partnership with J. W. Bailey in the furniture business, *622and that on the 9th day of August he bought out his partner for the sum of $2,000, and thereafter conducted the business in his own name, until he filed his petition in bankruptcy on the 7th day of February, 1901. It further appears that, prior to the conclusion of the purchase of his partner’s interest, the bankrupt, Little, arranged for a loan of $1,500 from the Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank of…