#### The American Trust & Savings Bank, Trustee, Appellee, v. William J. Ellis, and Albert Ellis, trading as William J. Ellis & Company, Appellants.

Gen. No. 17,932.

(Not to be reported in full.)

Abstract of the Decision.

Bankruptcy, § 23 * —unlawful preference. Evidence of an unlawful preference held sufficient.

Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Freeman K. Blake, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1911.

Affirmed.

Opinion filed October 9, 1913.

Statement of the Case.

Action by the American Trust' and Savings Bank, now known as Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank, trustee of the estate of Charles J. Felt, bankrupt, against William J. Ellis and Albert Ellis, copartners, to recover the value of property alleged to have been unlawfully transferred by Felt-to defendants immediately prior to his bankruptcy. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendants appeal.

Edmund P. Kelly, for appellants.

Silber, Isaacs, Silber & Woley, for appellee; Clarence J. Silber, of counsel.

*

See Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XIV, same topic and section number.

Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.