Mansfield Lumber Co. v. Sternberg

BOOTH, Circuit Judge.

There are here an appeal and a cross-appeal from a decree in favor of the plaintiff, Henry Sternberg, trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of Jeff Porter Nix, bankrupt, in a suit against the Mansfield Lumber Company to set aside an alleged voidable preference, and to recover the property transferred or its value.

The complaint of the trustee alleged, in substance, that the bankrupt on the 6th of February, 1928, eleven days before the' filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, made a transfer of property, both real and personal, to the Mansfield Lumber Company, which…