“ The argument is that, since the bankruptcy court is expressly empowered to order that a lien void as against the trustee shall be preserved for the benefit of the estate, it was given, by implication, jurisdiction to determine whether the lien is void. ”

“ Before the District Court the judgment creditor seasonably challenged the jurisdiction of the referee and of the bankruptcy court, furnished substantial support for its claim that the debtor was solvent at the date of the entry of judgment and levy of execution thereon, and insisted that, since the bankrupt did not have, and the bankruptcy court did not acquire, possession of the property, the execution lien and the right to possession under the levy could not be assailed by the trustees, except by a plenary suit in the appropriate forum. ”

“ But in such a case it may be desirable to invoke the strictly adjective powers conferred by the clause, and to apply for an order that a release or conveyance be made so as to remove a could upon title. ”

“ Bryant (D. C.) 232 Fed. 233, 239.↑ Invalidity was admitted in First National Bank v. Staake, 202 U.S. 141, 143, 26 Sup. Ct. 580, 50 L. Ed. 967; in Rock Island Plow Co. v. Reardon, 222 U.S. 354, 356, 32 Sup. Ct. 164, 56 L. Ed. 231; and in Fallows v. Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank, 235 U.S. 300, 35 Sup. Ct. 29, 59 L. Ed. 238 (see original papers) . Compare Miller v. New Orleans Fertilizer Co., 211 U.S. 496, 29 Sup. Ct. 176, 53 L. Ed. 300. It was admitted or assumed in Re Alabama Coal & Coke Co., 210 Fed. 940, 942; Bell v. Frederick (C. C. A.) 282 Fed. ”