In re Brown
District Court, E.D. Missouri
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of E. Lindsay Brown, alleged bankrupt. Trial to court on involuntary petition. ■ Appeal dismissed, Brown v. Bank o£ Chester (C. C. A.) 284 Fed. 1014.
1Opinion of the Court
FARIS, District Judge.
Petitioning creditors, in the number required by statute and holding provable claims, filed an involuntary petition in this court for the adjudication as a bankrupt of one E. Lindsay Brown. The latter by answer defends upon the ground that he is not adjudgeable as a bankrupt upon an involuntary proceeding, for that he is a farmer, within the purview of section 4 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended ( Comp. St. §• 9588). Upon this issue a trial was had before the court. By timely admissions, other necessary or jurisdictional matters were eliminated, so that the sole question…
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