Atlas Plywood Corp v. Central Metallic Casket Co.

DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court confirming and sustaining an order of a Referee in Bankruptcy. United American Metal Corporation and Atlas Plywood Corporation and thirty-nine other creditors filed a petition with the Referee requesting that all funds, choses in action and other property in the possession and control of the Trustee herein be distributed pro rata to petitioners and the members of the class they represent, free and clear of all encumbrances, and subject only to the costs of administration and other costs herein.

The Referee entered…