Reed v. Thornton

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was adjudicated a bankrupt upon an involuntary petition filed by three of his creditors on September 29, 1929. The bankrupt objected to the petition on the ground that it failed to conform to General Order No. 5 (11USCA § 53), and an amendment was offered on the 6th day of November, 1929, and at that time two other creditors joined in a supplemental petition. Appellant bases his .appeal upon the alleged fact that four of the six petitioning creditors have been paid and that the claims of the other two creditors are unliquidated.

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