In re Jefferson
District Court, D. Washington
In Bankruptcy. Hearing on objections to questions propounded by an attorney representing creditors to the wife of tbe bankrupt, on her examination as a witness in tbe bankruptcy proceedings.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
This is a case of voluntary bankruptcy, and an inquiry is being prosecuted before tbe referee by creditors, with tbe object of uncovering a supposed fraudulent concealment of assets and income, in tbe progress of which tbe wife of tbe petitioner, having appeared as a witness, and being interrogated by counsel for creditors, gave an affirmative answer to a question whether, from conversations with her husband, she knows what his business is, *827what his income is, and what money he makes or receives from various sources. Thereupon the attorney for the creditors propounded…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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