In re Paramore

PURNELL, District Judge.

The question involved in the appeal from the referee is novel and perplexing. The referee finds as a fact that within four months of the adjudication the bankrupts executed a mortgage with which the creditors in bankruptcy really have no concern, except that there is in the hands of the court or its officer $2,000' which the court must get rid of, pay to the party entitled thereto. The creditors are not interested in the disposition of the fund, except, if the homestead had been regularly laid off or allotted in land, a small amount might have been realized from a sale…