In Re Faour

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

Dominick J. Faour and George J. Faour were copartners in a mercantile business and as private bankers in New York City under the name D. J. Faour & Bros. On February 14, 1933, the superintendent of banks of the state of New York, pursuant to the provisions of the New York Banking Law (Consol. Laws, c. 2), took possession of such part of the assets of the partnership as were included in their private banking activities and has since been in possession of them for the purpose of liquidation under the state law. On December 29, 1933, the two men filed their petition as…