Doughty v. Rockingham Nat. Bank

MORRIS, District Judge.

This is an action brought by James E. Doughty, trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of the Consumers’ Lumber Company, against the Rocking-ham National Bank to recover the sum of $12,879.80 alleged preferential payments made by the bankrupt to- the bank within four months next prior to the filing of ' the petition in bankruptcy.

Upon trial before the court the following facts appear: The Consumers’ Lumber Company, bankrupt, is a corporation organized in .1928 under the laws of the commonwealth of Massachusetts with its principal place of business at Andover in skid…