Bank of Dearborn v. Matney

PHILIPS, District Judge.

This is a petition in involuntary bankruptcy. There is no question made, if the defendant is subject to the operation of the bankrupt act (Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, § 1, 30 Stat. 544 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3419]), that he had not committed acts of bankruptcy at, the time of the filing of the petition against him. The question of fact and law raised by his answer is as to whether he was chiefly engaged in farming or the tillage of the soil. By stipulation of the parties the case was referred to A. L. Vories to hear the testimony and report his findings thereon, with…