Casey v. Harry S. Gordon Leather Co.

This is a suit in equity by a trustee in bank-

ruptcy of Jacob Savage to recover $1,917.01, paid to the defendant by the alleged bankrupt on or about February 13, 1925, and within four months of the filing of an involuntary petition in bankruptcy against the said Savage. At the argument the plaintiff waived the allegation of the bill, that the transfer by the bankrupt to the defendant was a fraudulent conveyance, and relied solely upon the allegation that the transfer effected a preference in violation of the bankruptcy act.

When the involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed, the bankrupt…