District Court, E.D. Michigan November 8, 1871 (In re Blodget)

LONGYEAR, District Judge.

The grounds for removal as set up in the petition and claimed on the argument are: 1. Collusion with one W. R. Hibbard, a brother of the assignee, in the sale to the former by the latter of the stock of goods constituting the entire property assets of the bankrupts’ estate, in consequence of which a less sum was obtained than what might have been realized. 2.