In re Stevens

HOFFMAN, District Judge.

The petition in this case is filed by a creditor of the late firm of Stevens &-, charging an act of bankruptcy committed by Stevens as surviving partner of the firm, and praying that he be adjudged bankrupt as an individual, and as such 'surviving partner, and that a warrant issue against his separate property, and the joint assets in his hands, as such surviving partner.

To this petition objections in the nature of a demurrer have been interposed. It is urged that the court has no authority to administer upon the joint assets, unless the firm be declared • bankrupt,…