Legal Opinion

In re Whitney

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided May 3, 1918No. 23513PublishedCited by 4 opinions

In Bankruptcy. In the matter of the bankruptcy of Albert F. Whitney. On petition for discharge.

1Opinion of the Court

MORTON, District Judge.

In this case the trustee has reported that in his opinion the bankrupt ought not to be discharged. The referee under whose charge the estate was administered also reports that in his opinion the discharge ought not to be granted. But no creditor has appeared and filed any specifications of objection, nor has the trustee done so under Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, § 14b (6), 30 Stat 550 (Comp. St. 1916, § 9598).

[1-3] The question is whether the court may, of its own motion, either refuse a discharge, or direct an investigation upon the question whether the bankrupt is…

2Cases cited2 opinions

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In re RoyalDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1902

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