Kaufman v. Benner

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

This proceeding is a petition to revise an order in bankruptcy. The District Court affirmed an order of the referee directing Adolph G. Kaufman to turn over to the trustee $16,000 with which to pay the indebtedness and administration expenses of the bankrupt estate, and in addition directed William C. Christianson also to turn over to the trustee $16,000, making $32,000 in all.

Adolph G. Kaufman and William C. Christianson were engaged in an oil-lighting enterprise under the firm name of Home Comforts Company. They are alleged to have become indebted to Mathias Rosenshine,…