Allen v. Camp Ganeden, Inc.

FRANK, Circuit Judge.

The district judge, on motion of the alleged bankrupt, dismissed an amended petition in bankruptcy. This petition alleged two acts of bankruptcy. One was that the alleged bankrupt, while insolvent, and within four months before the filing of the bankruptcy petition, had suffered and permitted a creditor to obtain a mechanic’s lien upon the debtor’s property. The petitioning creditors contend that, within the meaning of Section 3, sub. a(3) of the Bankruptcy Act, 1 this mechanic’s lien was obtained “through legal proceedings”. We do not agree with this contention; see In…