Kokernot-Nixon Properties, Inc. v. Wright

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

The Toggery, Inc., was adjudged bankrupt on March 28, 1932, on its voluntary petition filed on the same date. The appellant filed proof of a secured debt for the rent due for the months from and including April, 1931, to and including March, 1932, under a lease made by the appellant to the bankrupt of a store building occupied by the latter. The court allowed the claim asserted as to the rent for the last six months mentioned and decided that appellant was not entitled to a lien or secured claim for the part of the rent which was more than six months past due when the…