In re Murray
District Court, D. Connecticut
In Bankruptcy. On report of special master recommending denial of discharge. ■The following is the report of referee in bankruptcy John W. Banks upon petition for discharge: To the Honorable James P. Platt, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut: I, John W. Banks, referee in bankruptcy for Fairfield county, in said district, respectfully report as follows: (1) Said John A. Murray, of Bridgeport, in said district, was duly adjudged a…
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In Bankruptcy. On report of special master recommending denial of discharge. ■The following is the report of referee in bankruptcy John W. Banks upon petition for discharge: To the Honorable James P. Platt, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut: I, John W. Banks, referee in bankruptcy for Fairfield county, in said district, respectfully report as follows: (1) Said John A. Murray, of Bridgeport, in said district, was duly adjudged a bankrupt on the 31st day of August, 1907. (2) Said bankrupt filed in court on the 30th day of October, 1907, a petition for…
1Opinion of the Court
PRATT, District Judge.
In this case Mr. Banks has confused his functions as a referee in bankruptcy and his duties as a special mas*986ter. In re Walder (D. C.) 152 Fed. 489, and cases therein cited. From his hearing on the specifications against the discharge alone, he could not have found the essential facts upon which he bases his recommendation that the discharge be not granted. Plainly and specifically he goes back to the bankrupt’s original examination to find some of them.'
There is before the court, however, a transcript of the testimony taken at the hearing before Mr. Banks as special…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re WalderDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1907
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