In re Malino

ADAMS, District Judge.

My opinion is asked with respect to certain proceedings before the Referee which resulted in the election of a trustee. ' The Referee refused therein to entertain objections to certain claims proffered on the ground that the claimants were preferred creditors and not entitled to have their claims allowed until the preferences were surrendered.' The Referee overruled the objections, offering to consider them later, and accepted the proofs of claims objected to as presented and a trustee was elected thereupon. I think the proceedings were erroneous. The right of creditors…