Legal Opinion

In re Effenson

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided February 2, 1950No. 70543PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

FORD, District Judge.

The bankrupt petitions for review of the referee’s order denying ¡his discharge in bankruptcy. Petitioner was discharged in a previous voluntary bankruptcy on November 10, 1942. His present voluntary petition was filed November 10, 1948, and he was adjudged bankrupt the same day. The question is whether the referee correctly ¡held that the previous discharge was given within six years prior to the present bankruptcy so as to bar the discharge in the present bankruptcy.

The referee in computing the time applied § 31 of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 54. Cf. 2 Collier on…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hicks v. National Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1894
  2. Rosenplanter v. Provident Sav. Life Assur. Soc. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1899
  3. Bell v. WestCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1930
  4. In re WarnerDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1906
  5. In re CusterDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1931

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Henkin v. Rockower Bros., Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1966

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