In re Goldsby

BARKER, District Judge.

The petition for review in the above cause filed by Hon. Nathan Mayo, as Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Florida, raises the question of whether or not proceeds from a surety bond paid over to the Commissioner in his official capacity under a State law, and conditioned for the benefit of citrus producers, as required by the State law, is such an asset of the dealer, who is required to post the bond, as to require the turning over of such proceeds by the Commissioner to the trustee in bankruptcy upon the dealer becoming a bankrupt.

The referee was of the…