In the Matter of Ralph Alvin Buchman, Bankrupt. Second National Bank of Tampa v. J. Bruce Blake, Trustee

The Second National Bank of Tampa (hereinafter the Bank), a lien creditor of the bankrupt, appeals from the district court’s affirmance of an order of the bankruptcy referee, confirming the sale of the trustee’s equity in certain property of the bankrupt estate. More than four months before the date of bankruptcy, the Bank had brought a creditor’s suit in state court to impose and enforce a lien on this property. In affirming the referee’s order, the district court 1 held that the Bank’s lien had been obtained through legal proceedings within four months before bankruptcy, that the lien was…