In re McUlta
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of J. D. McUlta. On certificate to review a referee’s decision allowing exemptions.
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In Bankruptcy. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of J. D. McUlta. On certificate to review a referee’s decision allowing exemptions. Affirmed on the opinion of the referee, which is as follows: T, Arthur A. Smith, one of the referees of said court in bankruptcy, do hereby certify that in the course of the proceedings in said cause before me the following question arose, pertinent to the said proceedings: The facts as disclosed by the evidence are as follows: The bankrupt’s residence before his removal to Williamsport, Pa., about six years ago, was at Maine, N. Y., where he was known by…
1Opinion of the Court
WITMER, District Judge.
The report of the learned referee contains a satisfactory discussion of the questions submitted, and I need only say that I agree with his reasoning and conclusions, in support of which I will add the thought, moreover, that if the changed name was assumed by the bankrupt in fraud of any one, it clearly appears that it is independent of his creditors, its taints do not run in the veins of the transaction before the court, and hence do not corrupt the current. It does not follow that a party who is a rogue in his other dealings shall be deprived of his rights in another…
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