In re New York-Brooklyn Fuel Corp.

INCH, District Judge.

The referee certifies what appears to me to be, an interesting and important question of law. It is whether or not, because of section 47a (2), amendment of 1910 National Bankruptcy Act, being Comp. St. § 9631, a mechanic’s lien, otherwise in all respects valid and duly filed within the time allowed by New York *797state statute, becomes invalid by reason of tbe filing having occurred subsequent to an adjudication in bankruptcy of the party owning the land against which said lien was filed.

The referee has held that such lien thereby became and is invalid. The lienor contends…