Morris v. Orcas Lime Co.

This action was brought in the superior court for King county, Washington, by the trustee in bankruptcy of the Frye Lettuce Farms, Inc., a corporation, to recover $215 paid by the bankrupt to the defendant, Oreas Lime Company, a corporation, on a past-due, unsecured indebtedness, within four months prior to the filing of the petition in bankruptcy. The averments of the complaint are that the effect of the payment to the defendant was to enable it to obtain a greater percentage of its debt than any other creditor of the bankrupt of the same class, and that the payment operated as a preference,…