In re Hines

ARCHBARD, District Judge.2

C. G. Stitzinger & Co., creditors of the bankrupt, have proved a claim, of $4,453.24 for lumber sold and delivered, represented at present by notes taken in payment therefor. It is charged that preferences have been given them, amounting to some $3,800, which they retain and refuse to surrender; and a motion is thereupon made to expunge the claim. It appears by the evidence that the bankrupt was a contractor and builder, engaged in business at Stoneboro, Mercer county, Pa., and was also interested in the Greenville Lumber Company of'Greenville in the same county, a…