138 F. 742 | M.D. Penn. | 1905
This case is governed by In re Vastbinder, 13 Am. Bankr. Rep. 148, 132 Fed. 718, decided by this court, where it was held that notwithstanding a lien had been acquired by levy upon personal property more than four months prior to bankruptcy, to enforce which a vend. ex. had been issued, and the sheriff had advertised the goods for sale, a stay of the execution should be granted and the goods be sold by the trustee, jurisdiction of the property by the bankruptcy proceedings having been drawn to this court, under direction of which the estate was to be administered, and to which parties having claim by way of lien or otherwise were remitted for the ascertainment and establishment of their rights. Very little need be added to what is there said. In the present instance, while the execution creditor by virtue of its judgment has a lien upon the real estate proposed to be sold, which, antedating the bankruptcy proceedings by over four months, as it does, may not be affected thereby, yet, bankruptcy having intervened, the sale and distribution of the property, as well as the establishment of the correct amount due to the judgment creditor which seems to be in dispute, belongs to this court, unless it is considered best to let it go on elsewhere, as might be the case if the liens were more than enough to exhaust the property, leaving nothing for gen
The rule is made absolute, and further proceedings upon the execution of the Citizens’ Trust Company of Gettysburg, in the hands of the sheriff, are hereby stayed.