FORMAN, District Judge.
An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed by the American Surety Company of New York against John Jacob Beechwood. He filed an answer denying the material allegations of the petition; that he was insolvent and that he had committed two acts of bankruptcy. He further asserted that he was immune from involuntary bankruptcy because he was a farmer within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Act.
Pursuant to his demand for a jury trial the...
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