Casavant v. Boreka

This is an action of contract in which an attachment was made of chattels which the sheriff still holds. The defendant showed that pending the action he had been petitioned into involuntary bankruptcy; that before any adjudication of bankruptcy he had offered a composition, under § 12 of the bankruptcy act (U. S. C. Title 11, § 30); that the composition was confirmed by the bankruptcy court as provided in that section; and that the plaintiff filed a proof of claim for the full amount of her claim and accepted her dividend under the composition.

The plaintiff concedes that she cannot obtain a…