In re Kenny
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of John F. Kenny, bankrupt. On review of order of referee.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSON, District Judge.
This case presents the following situation:
The trustee of the bankrupt finds no assets of any kind, and the creditors refuse to advance to him .the money necessary to test certain preferences alleged to have been given by the bankrupt. R. G. Gamble & Co., a small creditor, thereupon proposed to advance the necessary funds and protect the estate from costs, if unsuccessful, provided the trustee would assist, and permit the use of his name as trustee, to bring and prosecute the necessary actions. To this the trustee assented. Gamble & Co. then sent each creditor a…
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