In re William C. Jones Co.

BREWSTER, District Judge.

Two holders of capital stock in the bankrupt corporation filed as creditors proofs of claim .for the amount paid in to the corporation for said capital stock. They offered to prove that they had been induced to purchase the stock by false and fraudulent representations made by officers and agents of the bankrupt, duly authorized to represent the corporation; that the statements and representations were in fact untrue in material particulars, and the officers and agents of the corporation who made the same knew they were untrue; that the creditors were deceived hy the…