John M. England, Trustee of the Estate of Pacific Opera Company, Bankrupt v. Lorne M. Stanley

HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order made by the District Court of the Northern District of California, Southern Division, reversing and vacating the order of the referee in bankruptcy in the matter of the Estate of Pacific Opera Company, a bankrupt. This court has jurisdiction to review the order of the district court (11 U.S.C.A. § 47).

The following pertinent facts appear in the record. On February 7,1957, one Lome M. Stanley filed an action in the Municipal Court of the County of San Mateo, State of California, against Pacific Opera Company, a corporation, seeking the sum…