In re Butterfield

BLODGETT, District Judge.

The allegation here is that the bankrupt ‘’has given a fraudulent preference, contrary to the provisions .of the act.” This last allegation is totally inoperative; it lacks a specification in detail, which would be necessary to enable the party to plead it in bar. The courts have decided, again and again, that these specifications must be as exact as the specifications in an indictment, and for the reason that there is no specific act of fraud alleged here, but only the general terms in the language of the statute itself, as that the party has been guilty of conveying…