Legal Opinion
In re Goodstein
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 16, 1945No. 15912PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, District Judge.
Petitioner was adjudicated a bankrupt on August 3, 1932. However, no petition for his discharge as provided by law was filed by the bankrupt. Alleging that the failure to file the petition for discharge came about through the inadvertence of his then counsel, he now seeks, by this motion, to have the 1932 proceedings reopened and referred to the Referee to proceed with the discharge under the Chandler Act.
I am of the opinion that this may not be done. Section 14, sub. a, of Chapter III of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, 44 Stat. 663 (1926), 11 U.S.C.A. § 32, sub. a,…
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- In Re CederbaumDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1939
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