In re R. V. Smith Co.

VAUGHT, District Judge.

An involuntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed in this cause against the alleged bankrupt, the petitioning creditors be*58ing the Pennzoil Company, Lee Larson and Company, and Fred Wood.

The petition alleges, first, that the alleged bankrupt owes in excess of $1,000 and is not a wage earner or tiller of the soil; second, that the petitioners are creditors of said alleged bankrupt, having provable claims against it, fixed as to liability and liquidated in amount, amounting in the aggregate in excess of the value of securities held by them in excess of $500, and sets…