Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit August 12, 1902, No. 858 (Walker v. Houghteding)

JENKINS, Circuit Judge,

after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

In the absence of restrictive legislation, a debtor may prefer one creditor to the exclusion of another. Such act, in a sense, may hinder and delay the unpreferred creditor, but is not for that reason alone unlawful.