Barry v. Crancer

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, trustee in bankruptcy by appointment of the bankruptcy court in Arizona of Joseph and Martha Mart, doing business in Tucson, Arizona, as “Arizona Tire and Supply Company”, brought this plenary action in the federal District Court of Missouri under Section 60, sub. b of the Bankruptcy Act as amended, 11 U.S.C.A. § 96, sub. b, to recover the amount of an alleged preferential payment of $8,000 made by the bankrupt to certain of its creditors named as defendants. The payment was made on account of an antecedent debt somewhere between one and five days…