section 23b consent jurisdiction

Section 23b was thus in effect a grant of jurisdiction subject to that condition [of the defendant's consent]; it was the intent of the Congress that section 23b should operate as a grant of jurisdiction to the federal court of suits brought by a trustee in bankruptcy against adverse claimants, provided the defendant consented to be sued in that court, although the bankrupt could not have brought suit there if proceedings in bankruptcy had not been instituted.