MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court.
District courts of the United States are constituted courts of bankruptcy, and as such they have original jurisdiction in all matters and proceedings in bankruptcy, with power to hear and adjudicate the same according to the provisions of the Bankrupt Act.
Jurisdiction of those courts in that regard extends as well to the collection of all the assets of the bankrupt as to all cases and controversies...
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