U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan July 9, 1874 (In re Angell)

LONGYEAR, District Judge;

That the provisions of the recent act requiring one-fourth in number and one-third in amount, of the creditors, to join in an involuntary petition for adjudication of bankruptcy, were *913intended to apply, and can and must be applied to all cases commenced between December 1st, 1873.