Cohen v. Keller

I think, too, that this bankrupt should still have an opportunity to seek his discharge, though in reaching this conclusion I have been more influenced by the trend of judicial and legislative thinking than have my brethren. Perhaps the stern logic of In re Taylor, 2 Cir., 22 F.2d 499, pressed to its end, may suggest a different result, but I do not believe we are longer justified in following that case as a beacon. As early at least as In re MacLauchlan, 2 Cir., 9 F.2d 534, it was recognized that we applied a harsher rule than had found favor elsewhere ; and although we were followed…