In re Pilger
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
In Bankruptcy. Issue upon creditors’ petition for adjudication of involuntary bankruptcy.
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMAN, District Judge.
The issues of insolvency and of commission of an act of bankruptcy having been determined upon the-hearing before a jury, the questions of jurisdiction remain for consideration. Two objections are raised to adjudication of bankruptcy under the petition: (i) That the petition contains no averment that Pilger was not a wage-earner, and the .testimony shows-that he was such in fact; (2) that one of the three petitioners (R. H. Schwab & Sons Company) was not a creditor.
The testimony is undisputed that the alleged bankrupt was secretary and stockholder of a bankrupt…
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