Baylor v. Rawlings
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska; Thomas C. Munger, Judge. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of Floyd Rawlings. Application by the bankrupt for discharge. F. B. Baylor, trustee in bankruptcy, filed resistance. From an order of the District Court, setting aside a referee’s report refusing the application and granting the discharge, the trustee appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH McPHERSON, District Judge.
Floyd Rawlings, in a voluntary proceeding, was January 12, 1911, adjudged a bankrupt. February 22, 1911, he made application for a discharge from his debts. The trustee of the estate filed a resistance, on the ground that the bankrupt concealed, destroyed, or failed to keep books of account from which his financial condition might be ascertained, and done with the intent to conceal his true condition, and in contemplation of bankruptcy. This issue was referred to a referee to take evidence and report thereon, who reported against granting a discharge. On…
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