In re Milgraum & Ost
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In Bankruptcy. Motion to Dismiss Specifications of Objection to Discharge.
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.
One ground of complaint against these specifications of objection to the bankrupts’ discharge is that they are signed and sworn to by attorneys in fact and in law, and not by the creditors themselves. I cordially agree to the proposition that affidavits of agents and attorneys are usually objectionable, and should be discouraged. The practice of this court forbids them ordinarily, and I have no intention of relaxing the rule on this subject; but exceptional circumstances occur when they seem to be necessary, and I think this is such a case. Clause 9 of section…
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