McAdoo & Neblett v. F. P. Newport Corp.

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

In the matter of F. P. Newport Corporation, Limited, bankrupt, the referee made an order appointing Hubert F. Laugharn as trustee in bankruptcy, stating as a reason therefor that no trustee had been elected by the creditors. On petition for review, the District Court made an order disaffirming and setting aside the referee’s order, and declaring that H. F. Metcalf was the duly elected trustee. Appellant, a creditor ■ of the bankrupt estate, seeks to have the court’s order reversed and the referee’s order affirmed.

The pertinent facts, so far as the record discloses them,…