McLaughlin v. Fisk Rubber Co.

BREWSTER, District Judge.

This is a bill in equity brought by the plaintiff, as trustee in bankruptcy, of George Leroy Brown, Jr., against the Eisk Rubber Company, a New York corporation, to recover certain payments made to the defendant which the plaintiff claims operated as a preference under the bankruptcy laws. The case was referred to a master and the essential facts found and reported by him may be briefly stated as follows:

Bankrupt had been purchasing tires of the defendant since late in 1919 and had made his purchases through one Reed, a traveling salesman employed by the defendant…