United States ex rel. Paleais v. Moore

CAMPBELL, District Judge.

The relator asks for his discharge on a writ of habeas corpus issued herein. Relator is now imprisoned on an order committing him for contempt in a proceeding in bankruptcy, and it may be well to briefly state the steps taken leading up to the making of said order.

On July 21, 1922, an involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed against the relator, and. James Gray was appointed as receiver in said bankruptcy proceedings and qualified as such. On August 12, 1922, the relator was adjudged an involuntary bankrupt;

On August 24, 1922, upon the petition of said receiver,…