Potts v. Elliott

SWINFORD, District Judge.

The defendant, J. Nathan Elliott, is the duly appointed, qualified, and acting Referee in Bankruptcy for the Eastern District of Kentucky. He held this office at all times mentioned in the record. The plaintiff, Mary Burgin Potts, was duly adjudged a bankrupt on the 20th day of August 1943 and, by order of reference, her case was pending before the defendant, J. Nathan Elliott, as Referee in Bankruptcy.

Certain steps were had and hearings held before the Referee in the prosecution and administration of the bankruptcy matter and on January 6, 1944, the defendant filed…