Legal Opinion

Rauch v. Manchester-Smith Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided March 7, 1917No. 1484PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the East-' era District of Virginia, at Norfolk, in Bankruptcy; Charles A. Woods, Judge. In the matter of Dave Rauch, bankrupt. From a decree of the District Court, sustaining objections by the Manchester-Smith Company, Incorporated, to the bankrupt’s discharge, the bankrupt appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

.KNAPP, Circuit

The objections to the bankrupt’s discharge, which were sustained by the court below, are based upon a letter written by him to the objecting creditor, in October, 1914, in which he said:

“I am in receipt of your kind letter of the 3d, and appreciate all you say, the leniency you have extended me, etc. In reply will say that while I haven’t a *688statement of my financial condition, as we have not taken inventory in some time, can only say I am perfectly solvent, but tlie extreme dullness of business bas put me behind such as I have never been before. One can hardly realize bow…

2Cases cited4 opinions

Franklin v. Monning Dry Goods Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1914
Doyle v. First Nat. BankCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1916
W. S. Peck Co. v. LowenbeinCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1910
In re Cloutier Bros.District Court, D. Maine · 1915

3Cited by2 opinions

National Agents Service Co. v. Duiser (In Re Duiser)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia · 1981
In Re AndersonDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1952