SWAN, Circuit Judge.
The question presented by this appeal is whether involuntary proceedings in bankruptcy may be brought against a person who has previously been adjudged insane by a state court of competent jurisdiction. The controversy is between two creditors of Pauline Evanishyn. She was declared insane and committed to the Matteawan State Hospital by order of the county court of Westchester County, New York, entered on March 27, 1939, in proceedings begun on...
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