In re Pulsifer

Blodgett, D. J.

Th,e facts bearing upon the question raised are substantially these:

In August, 1877, the firm of Pulsifer & Co., who were bankers at Peoria, in this district, wore adjudged bankrupts in this court. Soon after this adjudication, and some time in the month 'of August, 1877, the Bank of Commerce proved and filed with the register to whom the case had been referred, a claim against the estate of the bankrupts, based upon three promissory notes indorsed by the bankrupts as follows: (1) One note of Woolncr Brothers, of Peoria, for $15,000, dated February 26,1877, and payable to the…