District Court, W.D. Missouri January 5, 1900, No. 165 (Pepperdine v. Headley)

PHILLIPS, District Judge.

This presents for decision what has been a vesata qusestio to the courts ever since the present bankrupt act was passed. There is a general consensus of opinion that the jurisdiction over the subject-matter of this suit would inhere in the courts of bankruptcy under the general powers conferred by section 2 of the act.