In re Prospect Worsted Mills

EOWEEL, District Judge.

The claim of Stoddard, Haserick, Richards & Co., hereinafter called Stoddard, was offered for proof and allowed. The claim was based on several notes made by the Globe Mills payable to the order of the Prospect Mills, and by the latter indorsed to Stoddard. The trustee petitioned that the proof be expunged.

These two mills, incorporated in Massachusetts, and now both in bankruptcy, were owned by Samuel Robinson and his family. He was president, treasurer, and active manager of the Prospect Mills. He was president of the Globe Mills, of which his son Herbert was…