BANKRUPTCY COURT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 153, 18 March 1918, Page 8

BANKRUPTCY COURT

In the Supremo Court in Bankruptcy on Saturday His Honour Mr. Justice Edwards presiding, Charles Henry Barrington, motor-car driver, was cited to show causo why an order sbould not lie mndo adjudging him a bankrupt ho made adjudging him a bankrupt upon the petition of Clarkson Motors, Ltd., upon the ground that ho. had committed iin available act of "bankruptcy in that lio allowed a return of milk bona. The debtor alleged various irregularities" in the petition, and claimed that as all otbnr creditor*; bad acquiesced in a private deed of assignment itwas in the interests of the estate that the order of bankruptcy should not be made, more especially because on the sale of a bouse property in Kelburn which was exnected to be.'affected within the next few weeks there would be sufficient io pay all creditors in full. After hearing argument His Honour overruled the objection and allowed tbe order of adjudication to proceed on the ground that this was the last day upon which nn order could be made, to upset a, certain transaction which it wafi allaspd ffjis a fraudulent preference, j. Mr. TV Tonus; apnea rod for the petiliiinin.': creditor, mid Mr. 0. 0. Mazongavb for tlio debtor and the trustee under the assignment.