Sternburg v. Cohen
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United S'tates for the District of Massachusetts; James M. Mórton, Jr., Judge. In the matter of Israel Sternburg, bankrupt. On objections of M. Cohen & Co. and others, creditors, the petition of the bankrupt for discharge was denied, and from the order refusing discharge (249 Fed. 980) he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court refusing the bankrupt his discharge. The appellees *2set forth four objections to the petition for discharge, the first of which is:
“That with, intent to conceal his financial condition he destroyed, concealed and failed to keep hooks of account or records from which such condition might he ascertained.”
The District Court sustained the first objection, and on that ground refused the discharge. The remaining objections were not passed upon.
The essential facts are as follows: On December 19, 1916, an involuntary…
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