San Mateo Feed & Fuel Co. v. Hayward

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court affirming and adopting an order of the referee requiring appellants to turn over to the trustee in this bankruptcy proceeding the sum of $1,025.35 from the San Mateo Feed & Fuel Co. and the sum of $2,534.76 from H. E. Casey Company.

The evidence shows that within the four months of the adjudication in bankruptcy the bankrupt delivered checks in the above amounts, respectively, to each appellant, at which time he had an indebtedness to each in a sum greater than the amounts of the checks. The evidence also supports…