Stein v. Leibowitt

BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the court below confirming the findings of the referee in bankruptcy to whom the case at bar stands referred, holding that sums of money accruing to a bankrupt after adjudication, by way of payment of premiums as salary or commissions upon policies written by him prior to adjudication, are the property of the bankrupt and are not part of his estate in bankruptcy.

Upon the day of adjudication and for a period of at least five years prior thereto, the bankrupt had served as a collecting and soliciting agent for the Prudential Insurance…