Keenan Pipe & Supply Company, a Corporation v. B. E. Shields, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of James T. Inman

JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge.

A Trustee in Bankruptcy brought an action to recover as a preference $9,223.-03, on the theory that this sum was paid by James T. Inman, the bankrupt, who was- a subcontractor under John H. Dee-ter, the principal contractor on the construction of extra work connected with the California Epileptic Hospital at Por-terville, a State of California Public Works project, to Keenan Pipe & Supply Company, within four months of the filing of the petition in bankruptcy. However, it was alleged that Deeter made checks for moneys due Inman on this job payable jointly to…