In re Horgan
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
On petition for review of an order of the district court of tlie United States for tlie Southern district of New York, in bankruptcy. See 97 Fed. 319, where the facts of the case are fully stated.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
We have no doubt of the power of the court below to make the order lining the petitioner for refusal to produce the books of the corporation (in bis custody as its president) for examination before the referee in bankruptcy, nor that the order was a reasonable exercise of judicial discretion. The provisions of tlie bankruptcy act authorizing the examination of third persons as witnesses, and compelling the production of books and documents upon such examinations, are intended to enable creditors to discover transactions which may affect the right of the bankrupt to…
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