In re Miner

LINDLET, District Judge.

The trustee in bankruptcy herein, being in doubt as to his jurisdiction and responsibilities, has presented his petition' asking the court’s direction in the premises. A hearing has been had at which were represented the trustee, the bankrupt, and various creditors, secured and unsecured. The facts are substantially as follows:

Charles H. Miner, indebted to the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in the principal sum of $23,000 on January 16, 1928, executed and delivered his promissory note therefor, and, to secure the payment thereof, with his wife, executed,…