Eisenberg v. Mifflin

Lewis, J.,

This is an action to recover the sum of $500, the amount of a check drawn to the order of the plaintiff by the defendant on March 31, 1928. The case was tried by the court without a jury, and the evidence developed a situation, briefly, as follows: Both parties met at the office of one of the referees in bankruptcy in the City of Philadelphia preparatory to a sale of the assets of a bankrupt for whom John J. Casey had theretofore been appointed receiver in bankruptcy. Plaintiff having submitted a bid of $3200 for the assets, as against the defendant’s bid of $3000, plaintiff and…