Case Name: In re DOBSON
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1899-12-01
Citations: 98 F. 86
Docket Number: No. 1,613
Parties: In re DOBSON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 98
Pages: 86–86

Head Matter:
In re DOBSON.
(District Court, N. D. Illinois, N. D.
December 1, 1899.)
No. 1,613.
Bankruptcy — Liens—Voluntary and Involuntary Oases.
Bankr. Act 1898, § 67f, providing that liens obtained through legal proceedings against an insolvent debtor, “at any time within four months prior to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy against him, shall be deemed null and void in case he is adjudged a bankrupt,” is to be construed as applying to voluntary as well as involuntary cases, inasmuch as section, la, cl. 1, declares that “ ‘a person against whom a petition has been filed’ shall include a person who has filed a voluntary petition.”
In Bankruptcy. On demurrer of trustee in bankruptcy to petition of lien creditor.
William (X.Gilbert, for bankrupt.
Gibson Hale, for creditor.

Opinion:
KOHLSAAT, District Judge.
The decision of the question at issue herein depends on the construction to be given to paragraph f of section 67 of the bankruptcy act. I hold that this paragraph must be construed by means of the definitions set forth in section 1 of the act. Para°graph a of section 1 states that "a person against whom a petition is filed" shall include a person who has filed a voluntary petition, and I therefore hold that paragraph f of section 67 includes both classes of petitions. The demurrer of the trustee to the amended petition of Howard is accordingly sustained.