Legal Opinion
In re Haskell
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 28, 1908No. 7,505PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Bankruptcy. On application for discharge.
1Opinion of the Court
HOLT, District judge.
As I understand the referee’s two reports, he finds, on the charge of omitting to make entries in his books, as facts, that the bankrupt, shortly before the bankruptcy, made sevqn payments to near relatives or friends, aggregating $5,515; that the bankrupt duly reported these payments to his bookkeeper for entry in his books; that the bookkeeper omitted to enter them; that the bankrupt never made entries in or examined his books; and that this is a case of mere negligence or carelessness on the part of the bankrupt, in his general system of bookkeeping, unaccompanied by…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In re AlvordDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1905
- In re GarrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1906
3Cited by3 opinions
- In re MarcusDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1911
- Sheinberg v. HoffmanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1916
- Baylor v. RawlingsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912