In re Borden

BLATCHFORD, District Judge.

In this case, the debts proved, on which the bankrupts are liable as principal debtors, are, at the minimum amount, $10,766.24. Fifty per cent, of this sum is $5,383.12. In view of the testimony as to the condition of the stock of goods turned over by the bankrupts when they filed their voluntary petition in bankruptcy, July 21st, 1869, I must reject the appraisement of such stock made at $4,-606.64, July 27th, 1869. That appraisement was, on the proofs, very much exaggerated. How much it is impossible to say. There is no safe guide but the amount realized for the…