In re Littlefield
District Court, D. Massachusetts
[In the matter of Hiram Littlefield, a bankrupt.]
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL. District Judge.
The first objection taken to the discharge of this bankrupt is that the notice of the appointment of his assignees was not published in the mode pointed out by section 14 of the act [14 Stat. *625522]. It seems that instead of being published pnce a week, for three successive weeks, this notice was, in one of the news-papers, published three times in the course of two weeks. This is not a ground for refusing the discharge. It has been decided that the bankrupt is bound to see that the proceedings are regular, and if they are not so, he cannot have his discharge. But the…
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