Bindsell v. Smith

*646The opinion of the. court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

A trustee in bankruptcy, appointed'by the United States district court in this district, filed a bill in the court of chancery to obtain the legal title to a note, bond and mortgage and certain accounts, which the bankrupt had assigned to the defendant, one of his creditors, within four months before the filing of the petition in bankruptcy, which assignment was alleged to be voidable, as a preference made in violation of the Bankrupt act. The defendant pleaded to this bill that the United States dis-, trict court had acquired exclusive…