In re Bingham

WHEELER, District Judge,

At the time of the filing of the petition the bankrupt owed James E. Hartshorn §5110.50, Hartshorn owed the bankrupt $554.70, and both were holden on a note of $1,200 to a savings bank, one-half of which each ought to pay. The bank has proved its claim, and Hartshorn has taken up the note. One-half of what he paid was his own debt, and he can have no claim against the bankrupt estate growing out of that. He insists that the balance of direct claims between him and the bankrupt should be set off against what he has paid that the bankrupt ought to have paid, and that the…