Moulton v. Coburn
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The original petition in involuntary bankruptcy was filed by a single creditor. It alleged as the sole act of bankruptcy an assignment for the benefit of creditors, and that there were less than twelve creditors. In fact, there were at the date of filing the petition about thirty creditors. An attempt was made to increase the number of petitioners in accordance with section 59d of the bankruptcy act (Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 561 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3445]). The District Court held that there were but two proper petitioners, and more than twelve creditors,…
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