In re Cooper
District Court, D. New Jersey
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Stephen A. Cooper and others, bankrupts. On exceptions to special master’s report recommending that a qualified discharge be granted the bankrupts, excluding certain debts scheduled in prior bankruptcy proceedings in which bankrupts failed to procure a discharge.
1Opinion of the Court
HAIGHT, District Judge.
[ 1 ] This matter presents two questions for decision, viz.: (1) Whether the failure of a bankrupt to apply for a discharge in a previous proceeding precludes him, in a subsequent proceeding, from procuring a discharge from the scheduled and provable debts in the former; and (2) if so, whether in such subsequent proceeding, when it appears that there are debts which have been incurred since the first proceeding, and from which he is entitled to a discharge, he may be granted a qualified discharge, excepting the old debts. The first question has been conclusively settled…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Bluthenthal v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Bacon v. Buffalo Cold Storage Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1912
- In re KufflerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1907
- Loughran v. Hazleton Mercantile Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1914
- Pollet v. CoselCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1910
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- In re FreshmanDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1923
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