Levinson v. Greene

(after stating the facts as above). [1] Petitioners’ position that the District Court for the Southern District of California had no power to make the order above described is not tenable. By the terms of the Bankruptcy Act of 1898, as amended June 25, 1910, section 2 (Comp. St. § 9586), the courts of bankruptcy are empowered to exercise “ancillary jurisdiction over persons or property within their respective territorial limits in aid of a receiver or trustee appointed in any bankruptcy proceedings pending in any other court of bankruptcy.” In Lazarus v. Prentice, 234 U. S. 263, 34 Sup. Ct.…