In re Lange

BROWN, District Judge.

The petition avers insolvency, and a preference intended by the payment of rent on the leasehold of a bakery, used in the defendant’s business. The answer is a general denial. The defendant’s letter of July 25th, stating his inability to pay his debts and calling a meeting of his creditors for the purpose of inducing them to take 30 cents on a dollar in unsecured notes, is sufficient prima facie evidence of his insolvency, which the different estimates of the value of his lease, good will and fixtures, are not, in my judgment, sufficient to overcome. I find the defendant…