¶1Bantcrtjptcy (§ 178*) — Rights of Insolvent — Settlement of Lien,
¶2Where an insolvent in Alabama contested his father’s will, he was entitled, as against his creditors, to abandon or settle the contest at any stage, at his election, and on his subsequent adjudication as a bankrupt his trustee had no cause of action growing out of the settlement or abandonment, unless to recover any sum or sums the bankrupt might have received and afterwards transferred in derogation of the bankruptcy law.
¶3fEd. Note. — For other cases, see Bankruptcy, Dec. Dig. 178.*]
¶4Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama.
¶5Action by D. H. Edington against J. Henry Masson and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
¶6Affirmed.
¶7W. H. McIntosh, Jos. C. Rich, and Chas. P. Fenner, for appellant.
¶8Gregory E. Smith and Plarry T. Smith, for appellees.»
¶9Before PARDEE, McCORMICK, and SIIEEBY, Circuit Judges.
¶13In Alabama, when an insolvent contests his father’s last will, he may abandon or settle the contest at any stage of the litigation upon any terms he pleases, and his creditors have no cause to complain, and his subsequent adjudication in bankruptcy will *210not give the trustee any cause of action growing out of such settlement or abandonment, unless it be to recover any sum or sums the bankrupt may have received and afterwards transferred in derogation of the bankruptcy law.
¶14The decree of the District Court is affirmed.