In re Bromel-Knapp Corp.

LEVIN, District Judge.

The court has before it a petition for review from a decision of Referee in Bankruptcy Katcher.

The Referee found that an undeserved preference was given by the bankrupt to the petitioner Buhl Land Company within the statutory four-month period prior to the filing, on September 29, 1949, of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy and ordered that the money so paid to petitioner be returned to the trustee in bankruptcy for the general benefit of the bankrupt’s creditors.

The petitioner’s claim against the bankrupt was for unpaid rent. On September 6, 1949, an assignment of…