Sharpe v. Doyle

Alfred E. Lagrave and James D. Otis, partners in. trade, were, on a petition filed May 30, 1872, adjudicated bankrupts on the eighth day of the following June. On the first day of thejatter month a warrant was issued under the seal of the District Court,' in which the bankruptcy' proceedings were pending, directed to the'marshal. of the district, which, after reciting that a previous order had been obtained for the posses-' sion of the bankrupts’ goods, proceeded as fellows: —

“You are therefore required and authorized, immediately upon receipt hereof, to take possession provisionally of all…