Goetz v. Zeif

This is an action at law brought by the plaintiff as trustee against the defendant for the recovery of $12,822 which it is alleged defendant received contrary to the provisions of the National Bankruptcy Act. The case was tried before the court, a jury having been waived. Judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $12,623.91 with interest. A second cause of action was alleged in the complaint and disallowed.

The complaint alleged that plaintiff was the acting trustee of the bankrupt corporation; that a petition in involuntary bankruptcy was filed July 7, 1920, and the…