In re the General Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors of Kahane

Two motions are now pending before this court, one to confirm and the other to disaffirm the report of the Official Referee to whom this matter was referred for the purpose of determining three issues. The original motion, upon which the order of reference was made, was an application to set aside a general assignment for the benefit of creditors upon the ground that the movant, an alleged partner of the assigning firm, had never joined in the execution or delivery of the assignment in question.

It appears from the papers before the court that on January 11, 1955, a general assignment for the…