Bekins v. Compton-Delevan Irr. Dist.

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

On December 13, 1941, appellee, Compton-Delevan Irrigation District, filed with the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California a petition under chapter 9, §§ 81-84, of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. §§ 401-404. Appellee, at the time of filing the petition, had outstanding $384,000 of bonds, of which $11,000 (11 bonds of the face value of $1,000 each) were owned and held by *1017appellants, Milo W. Bekins and Reed J. Bekins, as trustees, under the last will of Martin Bekins, deceased. With the petition, appellee submitted a plan of…