In re Nickerson
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Bankruptcy. Involuntary proceedings against Dean F. Nicker-son, alleged bankrupt. On review of the report of the referee.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
[1] The single act of bankruptcy relied on by the petitioning creditors, which is alleged in the petition both as a preference and a conveyance in fraud of creditors, was a mortgage of personal property from the respondent to one Dipsky, dated April 13. 1921, for $1,960. Nickerson was insolvent at the time. There was evidence offered by the petitioner that the mortgage was fraudulent as to $1,000, and a preference as to the balance; but the learned referee regarded it as outweighed by other evidence, and found that the mortgage was given for a present advance of $1,000…
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