In re Hicks

WHEELEB, District Judge.

The bankrupt act (section 1, subd. 4) provides that in the act “bankrupt” shall include a person against whom an involuntary petition has been filed, and (subdivision 10) “date of, bankruptcy,” or “time of bankruptcy,” or “commencement of proceedings,” or “bankruptcy,” with reference to time, shall mean the date when the petition was filed; section 59f, that “creditors other than the original petitioners may at any time enter their appearance and join in the petition, or file an answer and be heard in opposition to the prayer of the petition; (g) a voluntary or…