In re Pearce
United States District Court
This was a petition by Alonzo Pearce, a bankrupt, one of the partners of the firm of Walbridge, Pearce & Co., for a discharge. The material facts in the case are sufficiently detailed in the opinion delivered by the court.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentiss, J.
The objections filed in this case by the opposing creditors, although somewhat multifarious as well as numerous, may be classed under two general heads; — 1, That the bankrupt has not made a full disclosure of his property in his schedule, but has fraudulently concealed property; — 2, That he has given unlawful preferences to particular creditors by certain payments, securities, and transfers of property. These two general objections seem to comprise the whole case, as presented by the proofs.
I. Under the first head of objections, the concealment of property, an argument was urged with much…
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