Louis Herman Gaudet, Bankrupt v. Dorothy R. Cowen, Trustee

Appellant, a Voluntary Bankrupt, was denied discharge by the Referee on objection of the Trustee under Title 11 U.S. C.A. § 32, sub. c(2) because of unjustified failure to keep books and records from which his financial condition and business transactions might be ascertained, and the district court denied review.

The financial posture of the Bankrupt centered around his employment as Chief Deputy Assessor of Jefferson Parish; real estate promoting, developing, and handling from which he received sums as large as Eighty Thousand Dollars on one transaction and from which he estimated receiving…