In re Ryan

ARCHBALD, District Judge.

At the date of filing the petition, October n, 1901, the claims of the petitioning creditors amounted to $513.80. Subsequently, and before the adjudication, the bankrupt made certain small payments to two of them, amounting in all to $38, which reduced the aggregate amount of the claims as they then stood below the statutory limit. Within a few days afterwards, however, two other creditors, holding claims to the amount of $78.60, petitioned to join in the proceedings. Is this sufficient to sustain the jurisdiction of the court, or was it ousted by the reduction of the…