In re Carver

PURNELL, District Judge.

The following are certified as the findings of fact by the referee:

“That on the 27th day of February, 1901, the bankrupts executed a deed of assignment for the benefit of creditors. That the assignee, John H. Cook, disbursed the funds which came into his hands as set out in the statement attached, more than four months prior to the institution of the bankruptcy proceedings. That, at the time of the assignment to him by bankrupts, and at the time of the disbursements, John H. Cook, assignee, was a member of the firm of Cook & Morrison. That since the institution of…