Farmers Bank & Trust Co. v. Bridges (In Re Bridges)

ORDER

MERRITT S. DEITZ, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

This is a companionate proceeding to Ohio Valley National Bank of Henderson v. Bridges, 29 B.R. 716, in which we ruled earlier this week that an unsecured creditor cannot bring a preference action against the debtors. The question here is substantially identical.

In this litigation the debtors move to strike certain allegations of the complaint that preferential transfers occurred shortly before bankruptcy. Based upon the reasoning and authorities contained in our earlier order in the Ohio Valley National Bank case, and consistent with its result,…