In re Wilkesbarre Furniture Mfg. Co.

ARCHBALD, District Judge.

The fund for distribution, amounting to the sum of $1,440.39, was derived from the sale of the bankrupt’s real estate, and was awarded by the referee to I.Iary F. Kulp, who held a mortgage thereon, which, as a first lien on the property, was prima facie entitled to be paid. The money is claimed, however, by the trustee of Harrower Bros., bankrupts, upon the following grounds: This firm was composed of D. C. and Frank B. Harrower, the latter being trustee of the Wilkesbarre Furniture Manufacturing Company, of whose estate the fund in controversy is a part. On May 21,…