Craddock-Terry Co. v. Kaufman
District Court, W.D. Texas
In Bankruptcy. Involuntary bankruptcy proceeding by the Craddock-Terry Company against Mrs. R. Kaufman. On certificate of referee.
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In Bankruptcy. Involuntary bankruptcy proceeding by the Craddock-Terry Company against Mrs. R. Kaufman. On certificate of referee. The following certificate was presented to the court by the' referee in bankruptcy: “I, Guy S. McFarland, the referee in bankruptcy in charge of this proceeding, do hereby certify that in the course of such proceeding, upon the hearing of the application for a receiver filed by petitioning creditors, petitioning creditors endeavored to examine the alleged baukruiit, Mrs. Rachel Kaufman, concerning the issues formed in the application for receiver and the answer…
1Opinion of the Court
MAXEY, District Judge.
By section 41a, cl. 4, of the Bankruptcy Act (Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 556 [U. S- Comp. St. 1901, p. 3437]), it'is provided:
“A person shall not in proceedings before a referee * * * refuse to appear after having been subpoenaed, or, upon appearing, refuse to take the, oath as a witness, or, having taken the oath, refuse to be examined according to law.”
And it is ftirthef provided, among other things, by section 41b, that:
“The referee shall certify the facts to’the judge, if any person shall do any of the things forbidden in this section,’.’ etc.
As it does not…
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