In re Murray

Sill RAS. District Judge.

This case is now before the court upon a report, from the referee, which presents the question of the proper practice to be pursued in cases wherein a petition in bankruptcy is filed by one or more of the partners in a firm, asking that the firm be adjudged a bankrupt, and that the individuals be discharged from the partnership, as well as the individual, debts; it being averred in the petition filed that one of the partners does not reside in the disia-ict, and that his present residence is unknown to the petitioners.

Tn section 5 of the bankrupt act, it is provided…