Beecher

Beecher, a farmer debtor, appeals from orders of the district court entered in proceeding under § 75 of the Bankruptcy Act. The orders here for review are the order of December 30, 1947, approving the final report of the receiver, and the order of August 23, 1948, approving the supplemental final report of the receiver and ordering the receiver’s discharge.

The appeals here involved arise out of a proceedings commenced July 31, 1939, when Beecher filed a petition for relief under § 75 sub. a to sub. r of the Bankruptcy Act. Failing to secure the assent of his creditors to an offer of composition, Beecher filed an amended petition under § 75 sub. s and was adjudicated a bankrupt on February 1, 1940, He remained in possession of his property under a stay and rental order later declared void by this court in Beecher v. Federal Land Bank, 9 Cir., 153 F.2d 982, 984 , until July, 1943, when, because of appellant’s neglect of the property, a receiver was put in possession of the orchard property involved. The receiver’s possession was terminated and appellant restored to possession on May 6, 1946. Previous opinions of this court dealing with Beecher’s § 75 litigation are noted in the…