Sams v. First Nat. Bank

As trustee in bankruptcy of the estate óf Simoil K. Watson, formerly doing business as Klein’s Family Shoe Store, at Meridian, Miss., the appellant filed his bill of complaint against the appellee, First National Bank, Meridian, Miss., to recover as a voidable preference, under section 60b of the Act of Bankruptcy of 1898, as amended 11 U. S. C. A. section 96(b), the sum of $2,382,88; also, any further sums that might be shown by á discovery to have been paid such bank by the bankrupt within the period of four months prior to the adjudication in bankruptcy on January 8, 1936. Upon the final…