Essex Nat. Bank v. Hurley

MORRIS, District Judge.

The plaintiff, appellee, trustee in bankruptcy of .Atwood & Gardner, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, brings this bill under the provisions of section 60b of the Bankruptcy Act, of July 1, 1898, and amendments thereto» (Comp. St. § 9644), to recover two. alleged preferential payments made by Atwood .& Gardner, Inc., to the Essex National Bank.

The evidence establishes the following facts:

The bankrupt, Atwood & Gardner, Inc., was a small shoe-manufacturing concern doing business in Haverhill, Mass. It was adjudicated a bankrupt on November 24, on an involuntary petition…