In re Wachtel

MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.

This is a review of the order of the Referee in bankruptcy invalidating the chattel mortgage held by Jacob Wachtel, son of the bankrupt.

If the papers are complete (I assume that they are), it would appear that a motion was made by the Trustee in bankruptcy, returnable April 16, 1945, before the Referee to declare a chattel mortgage held by Jacob Wachtel to be null and void. This ■application was based upon the petition of the Trustee. Jacob Wachtel interposed an answer to the petition in which he denied that his lien was invalid. In such answer he asked that the…