In re Craft
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
This was a petition filed under the second section of the bankruptcy act of 1867 (14 Stat 518), for the purpose of reviewing an order of the district court [Case No. 3,316], Allowing, nunc pro tunc, an amendment of a petition in involuntary bankruptcy, filed by •creditors, under the thirty-ninth section of that act.
1Opinion of the Court
"NELSON, Circuit Justice.
The petition in bankruptcy, as originally filed, stated, among ■other things, that Craft, the debtor, in contemplation of bankruptcy, gave to one Jones a confession of judgment, and caused a judgment to be entered thereon, upon which an •execution was issued, &c.; and that this confession was entered into with intent to give a preference to Jones, one of his creditors, And to defeat the operation of the bankruptcy act. The petition, also, stated facts' showing that the debtor was insolvent. On the return of the order to show cause on the petition, the debtor denied…
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