Getts v. Janesville Wholesale Grocery Co.

SANBORN, District Judge.

Suit in equity to set aside a payment of $900 made on two judgments by confession recovered by defendant against S. J. Barry, bankrupt, May 17, 1907. The adjudication was July 24, 1907. Suit is brought on the ground that the payment was made while Barry was insolvent, and that the effect of the enforcement of the payment would be to enable defendant to obtain a greater percentage of its claim than other creditors of the same class; also, that defendant, at the time of receiving the money, had reasonable cause to believe that the bankrupt, in making the payment,…