Morrison v. Rieman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States'for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. In the matter of Edward W. Morrison, bankrupt. From a decree of the District Court, approving the referee’s allowance of the claim of Charles S- Rieman, the bankrupt appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the bankrupt from the District Court’s approval of the referee’s allowance of a claim filed by appellee.
[1] Appellant’s principal contention is that the evidence is insufficient. On looking into the record, we discover that his real insistence is that we should override the direct and circumstantial evidence which supports the claim, and declare in his favor on testimony which the -referee found to be perjured and on documentary evidence which the referee found to have been manufactured under a conspiracy to defeat; the claim. Appellant mistakes the…
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