In Re Rust

MEMORANDUM

RUSSELL H. HIPPE, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

The meeting of creditors in this joint case was originally set by the court to be held at 9:00 A.M. on November 27,1979. Mrs. Rust appeared; Mr. Rust did not. Pursuant to the court’s local rules an order was entered requiring that Mr. Rust appear before the undersigned on December 11, 1979, to explain his failure to appear at the meeting. That order provided that if he did not appear at this hearing “without adequate excuse this case will be dismissed if no party in interest objects.”

Mr. Rust failed to appear at the hearing. His attorney…