In re Stell
District Court, E.D. Texas
In Bankruptcy. Involuntary petition in bankruptcy against Lawrence E. Stell, alleged bankrupt. On application by petitioning creditors for' an order authorizing the examination of the alleged bankrupt as a witness. Petition denied without prejudice.
1Opinion of the Court
ESTES, District Judge.
An involuntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed by creditors of the alleged bankrupt, and the allegations of insolvency have been denied by him after the manner provided in the statute. The issue of fact thus raised is to be tried, upon demand of the alleged bankrupt, by a jury. The case, during the October term of the Paris court, was continued by consent of both parties.
The petitioning creditors, since the adjournment of court, have filed an application for an order authorizing the examination, as a witness, of the bankrupt. It is obviously based upon section 21a…
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