In re J. H. Small Shoe Co.

HOWE, District Judge.

Before as well as since the amendment of section 2 of the Bankruptcy Act, by adding subsection 20, the court of bankruptcy in any district has had “ancillary jurisdiction over persons or property within their respective territorial limits in aid of a receiver or trustee appointed in any bankruptcy proceedings pending in any other court of bankruptcy. Chapter 412, § 2, 36 Stat. 839 (Act June 25, 1910; Comp. St. § 9586); In re Peiser (D. C.) 7 Am. Bankr. Rep. 690, 115 F. 199; Babbitt v. Dutcher, 23 Am. Bankr. Rep. 519, 216 U. S. 102, 30 S. Ct. 372, 54 L. Ed. 402, 17 Ann.…