Healey v. Boston Batavia Rubber Co.

MORTON, District Judge.

This suit is to recover about $1,900 worth of automobile tires and tubes, which were retaken by the defendant from the bankrupt on November 11, 1915, at Waterbury, Conn.; the plaintiff alleging that such action, which was done with the assent of the bankrupt, constituted a recoverable preference. The facts are as follows:

The bankrupt corporation was organized in the spring of 1915 to carry on the business of dealing in tires and automobile accessories at Waterbury, Conn. It is a Connecticut corporation, and was adjudicated bankrupt in that district on December 6, 1915,…