In re Hirschman

MARSHALL, District Judge.

Several parties have applied to the court to direct tlie manner of liquidation of their claims against the bankrupt, under section 03, subsec. “lb,” of the bankrupt act of 1898. These claims all arise under similar circumstances. The bankrupt was a retail dealer in hoots and shoes. After the adjudication, a trustee was regularly appointed, who took possession of the bankrupt’s stock. Thereupon the present petitioners severally filed petitions in the bankruptcy proceeding, in which they alleged that the *70bankrupt bad purchased from them certain goods by fraudulent…