In re Woodford

WELKER, District Judge.

Exception to report of commissioner to whom petition, etc., were referred, to ascertain number and amount of creditors.

Held: First. That in counting the number of creditors necessary to join in the petition, creditors under two hundred and fifty dollars are not to be counted, if one-fourth of the creditors above that sum join in the petition. If such number do not join, then creditors below two hundred and fifty dollars may be counted, to obtain the necessary number.

Second. That in counting the amount of claims of creditors, provable claims in all *493amounts are to be…