In re Lockwood

BROWN, District Judge.

The order of May 10th did not provide for the settlement and distribution of the estate in a manner authorized by any of the express provisions of the bankrupt act. The mode of settlement and dismissal of the proceeding as proposed was justifiable only upon the consent of all known creditors, or by the provisions which that order contained, for the payment in full of the few known creditors who did not consent. I feel bound to hold that the parties concerned in adopting this method of settlement, took the risk of having its execution interfered with by any additional…