In re McCloskey

DICKINSON, District Judge.

The fact situation here, while perhaps not uncommon, has a rather odd feature. William C. Harmon, Jr., filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, averring that he and John L. MeCloskey (on whose behalf the present motion is made) were partners, doing business under the firm name of MeCloskey & Harmon, and praying in effect that both the firm and the petitioning partner individually be adjudged bankrupts in accordance with the Bankruptcy Law (Comp. St. § 9585 et seq.), and General Order YIII. It is evident that the petition proceeds upon the theory of an existing…