In re Joseph

WOODS, Circuit'Judge.

E. Waitzfelder & Co., claiming to be creditors of the bankrupt, proved their debt before the register. Cochran, McLean & Co., who it is was conceded were bona fide creditors of the bankrupt, moved the register to expunge the proof of the claim of Waitzfelder & Co., and testimony having been taken by both parties, the register, by agreement, referred the matter to the judge of the district court. After hearing the evidence, the district judge refused to grant the motion to expunge. Thereupon, Cochran, McLean & Co. filed their petition under the second section of the…