In re McMurtrey & Smith
District Court, W.D. Texas
In Bankruptcy. On review of order of Franz Fiset, referee. The questions involved arise upon a petition, filed by McMurtrey & Smith, to review the order of the referee adjudging them involuntary bankrupts. The case is fully stated in the following opinion of the referee: The petition in this cause seeks, at the instance of creditors, the adjudication of the firm of McMurtrey & Smith and of its members on the ground of preference made by the firm.
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In Bankruptcy. On review of order of Franz Fiset, referee. The questions involved arise upon a petition, filed by McMurtrey & Smith, to review the order of the referee adjudging them involuntary bankrupts. The case is fully stated in the following opinion of the referee: The petition in this cause seeks, at the instance of creditors, the adjudication of the firm of McMurtrey & Smith and of its members on the ground of preference made by the firm. The firm, as such, resists the adjudication; but the individual members interpose no answer. The grounds relied on by the firm for a dismissal of…
1Opinion of the Court
MAXEY, District Judge.
The court concurs in the conclusion announced by the referee -in the foregoing elaborate and well-considered opinion. An order will therefore be entered, affirming the order passed by the referee adjudging McMurtrey & Smith bankrupts, in accordance with the prayer of the petitioning creditors.
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