In re Mead

BROWN, District Judge.

Under the bankrupt act of 1867, the district courts, in exercising equity powers and in administering equitable relief, act as courts of bankruptcy quite as much as when administering either common-law or summary remedies. The special powers given by the various sections of the bankrupt act and the acts amendatory thereof, as incidental to the general powers of the court, áre not restricted to any particular conditions of procedure, but in appropriate cases may be exercised as rightfully when giving equitable relief, as in itsi common law or summary procedure.

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