In re Baker & Hamilton

Ross, J.:

This proceeding was commenced under the act approver! March 31st, 1876, entitled “ An Act supplementary to an act entitled an ‘Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors and protection of Creditors,’ approved May 4th, 1852, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto,” by three of the creditors of the partnership of Huston Brothers, holding the requisite amount of indebtedness, praying that they be adjudged insolvent, and be required to surrender their property for the benefit of their creditors. The Court below held that the act in question, commonly known as the…