Joseph J. Ricotta, as Trustee of L. E. Kimball Construction Co., .Inc., Bankrupt v. Burns Coal & Building Supply Company

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• payment later than the date of delivery, if not subject to provisions of § 67(b) in payment of an antecedent debt
• essence of a preference is depletion of bankrupt’s estate available to remaining creditors
• “The sole purpose of filing liens is to secure payment. Surely the receipt of payment itself should not be less secure than the lien which could have secured it”
• “The sole purpose of filing liens is to secure payment. Surely the receipt of payment itself should not be less secure than the lien which could have secured it.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).