In re Docker-Foster Co.

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

On the several questions argued by counsel, my opinion is briefly as follows:

1. Under the provisions of general order No. 37 (91 Fed. xxxvi, 32-C. C. A. xxxvi), which extend the equity rules of the Supreme Court to “proceedings in equity instituted for the purpose of carrying into-effect the provisions of the act, or for enforcing the rights and remedies given by it,” failure to file an answer to a petition seeking to-expunge a claim justifies a decree pro confesso, under rule 18, carry*191ing the ordinary incidents and consequences of such a decree. The petition…