New York-Brooklyn Fuel Corporation v. Fuller

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

On May 7, 1925, the New York-Brooklyn Fuel Corpora-

tion was adjudged a bankrupt on a petition filed April 21, 1925. Prior thereto, and within four months, the Berkshire Iron Works, Inc., had performed labor and supplied materials on its property situate in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, at an agreed price. On May 8th it filed its mechanic’s lien under the provisions of section 13 of the New York State Lien Law (Consol. Laws, e. 33). The referee held the lien to be ineffectual for the reason that it was subsequent to the adjudication in bankruptcy. This ruling…