In re Smith
District Court, N.D. California
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of F. M. Smith, bankrupt. On motion ®f the alleged bankrupt to approve the report of the master that the petitioning and intervening creditors did not hold provable claims against the respondent in the sum required.
1Opinion of the Court
DOOLING, District Judge.
[1] In July, 1914, a petition was filed by certain persons, claiming to be creditors of F. M. Smith, and praying that he be adjudged a bankrupt. Thereafter, and in August, 1914, c.ert.ain other persons, also claiming to be creditors of the alleged bankrupt, intervened in the proceeding and joined in the prayer of the original petitioners. In November, 1914, the whole matter was referred to a special master, that the claims of the petitioners and interven-ers, which were in the nature of unliquidated demands, might be liquidated, in order to determine whether they had…
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