In re J. W. Lavery & Son

MORTON, District Judge.

This involuntary petition has been pending since January 9, 1914. The respondents answered on March 23, 1914, denying the commission of the acts of bankruptcy alleged in the petition, denying insolvency, and denying that the petitioning creditors had provable claims to the amount of $500. A trial by jury was claimed, but was subsequently waived. Nothing was done by the parties to bring the case to a hearing. In April,. 1916, the referee to whom it had been referred assigned it for hearing in order to clear the docket.

From the referee’s report it appears that, subsequent…