In re Little
District Court, S.D. New York
The bankrupt, William H. Little, in this ease, filed his petition on December 10th, 1867, and was adjudged a bankrupt, and on February 8th, 186S, at the first meeting of creditors, an assignee was appointed, and the assignment executed. The petition made no allusion to a copartnership, but, in the schedules attached to the petition, it appeared that debts had been contracted by him in a firm name, and that there were credits due to the firm.
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The bankrupt, William H. Little, in this ease, filed his petition on December 10th, 1867, and was adjudged a bankrupt, and on February 8th, 186S, at the first meeting of creditors, an assignee was appointed, and the assignment executed. The petition made no allusion to a copartnership, but, in the schedules attached to the petition, it appeared that debts had been contracted by him in a firm name, and that there were credits due to the firm. On February 25th, 1868, the bankrupt presented to the register a petition, stating that he had filed his petition as a member of a firm, but had omitted…
1Opinion of the Court
BLATCHFORD, District Judge.
I think that the register erred in denying the motion of the bankrupt, which was, that he be permitted to amend his petition and schedules in such manner as will permit his copart-ner to be joined with him in the proceedings in regard to the bankruptcy of the firm. The petition, which I have examined, is an individual petition, setting forth only one *599schedule of debts and one Inventory of assets, both of which are stated in the petition to be the individual debts and assets of the petitioner. But the schedule of debts shows that a large portion of the debts consists…
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