Woods v. Deck

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Walter L. Woods and Helen Jennings Silver and John H. Hoffman, on September 8, 1937, filed an involuntary petition in bankruptcy against the appellee, John Deck, Sr. The petition alleged that the petitioners were creditors of the ap-pellee “for money advanced and paid to said John Deck at his special instance and request”, as follows: Walter L. Woods, $10,400; Helen Jennings Silver, $6,000; and John H. Hoffman, $3,000. The sufficiency of this petition on its face is not challenged.

On September 21, 1937, the other appellants, Minnie A. McFaul, William D. McFaul…