Bank of Wadesboro v. Little

NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina, in the matter of A. M. Clark, bankrupt, affirming the report of the special master, holding that the claim of the appellant for preference as to 160 bales of cotton was void.

The appellant, as a matter of precaution, brought his appeal under both sections 24a and 24b of the Bankruptcy Act (11 USCA § 47 (a, b). This he had a right to do. Bryan v. Speakman (C. C. A.) 53 F.(2d) 463, and authorities there cited. We are of the opinion that this is a…