In re Fagan

BRAWLEY, District Judge.

This is a review of the decision of the referee disallowing the claim of the People’s Bank of Greenville against the estate of the bankrupt, the said claim having been presented more than a year after the adjudication in bankruptcy; the réferee holding that the terms of section 57n (Act July i, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 561 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3444]) were mandatory, and prohibit the allowance of any claim after the expiration of a year from the adjudication, citing numerous authorities which hold that this provision is an absolute prohibition against proof and…