Legal Opinion
Berman v. Witt
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 10, 1935No. 439PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
Charles Witt, one of the appellees, was the bankrupt’s president; Barnet Witt, the other, was its secretary and treasurer. A number of books and documents had at one time been used in the bankrupt’s business; they were two ledgers, a sales book, a cash book, some check books, some bank books, a minute book, and some loose invoices and bills. The trustee, not finding these upon the premises or. elsewhere, moved before the referee to compel Charles and Barnet Witt to deliver them to him, charging them with unlawfully withholding them. The Witts answered as respondents to…
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