Sharcoff v. Schieffelin & Co.

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Charles Shareoff, was adjudicated a bankrupt on his voluntary petition by the District Court for the Southern District of New York on February 1, 1933. When he applied for his discharge, a creditor filed specifications of objections. They were either waived or decided adversely to the objecting' creditor except the fourth, which charged the bankrupt with having “made false oaths and account in and in relation to the proceedings herein.” The creditor did not appeal, but the bankrupt did appeal when the fourth objection was sustained and his discharge denied.

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