In re Braun
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Otto Braun, bankrupt. Sur rule to show cause why respondents should not be held in contempt of court.
1Opinion of the Court
WITMER, District Judge.
This is a rule to show cause why respondents shall not be held in contempt of court for alleged violation of a restraining order in a bankruptcy proceeding. It appears that, before filing the creditors’ petition, John Rich & Bro. issued a writ of fieri facias on a judgment against Otto Braun, entered in the court of common pleas of Potter county. On March 11, 1918, the writ was placed in the hands of the sheriff, whereon all of the defendant’s personal property was seized and levied. A few days later, a testatum fieri facias against defendant was also placed in the…
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