In re Crist

TOUIyMIN, District Judge.

“Where a bankrupt presents his application for discharge in due form, and specifications in opposition thereto are filed by creditors, no further pleading on the part of the bankrupt is necessary, and the allegations of the specifications cannot be taken as confessed for want of an answer by the bankrupt. On the contrary, the burden is on the objecting creditors to establish their averments by proof.” In re Dogan (D. C.) 102 Fed. 876. In that case the court said:

“There is no rule in bankruptcy which requires in such eases any further pleading by a bankrupt. * * * The…