In re Wilcox
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. ■ This is an appeal from an order of the district court for the Northern district of New York, which confirmed the report of the referee upon the petition of Joseph H. Wilcox, a bankrupt, for his discharge from his debts, and upon the specifications in writing of a creditor in opposition thereto, and adjudged that the discharge of the bankrupt was denied.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. ■ This is an appeal from an order of the district court for the Northern district of New York, which confirmed the report of the referee upon the petition of Joseph H. Wilcox, a bankrupt, for his discharge from his debts, and upon the specifications in writing of a creditor in opposition thereto, and adjudged that the discharge of the bankrupt was denied. Wilcox, a resident in the Northern district of New York, filed his petition in bankruptcy in the district court for said district. Judge Coxe deeming…
1Opinion of the Court
SHIPMAN, Circuit Judge.
The specifications in opposition to the discharge were, in substance, as follows:
“(1) That Wilcox, while a bankrupt, concealed from his trustee property belonging to his estate in bankruptcy, viz. lot No. 13 in the Devereux tract, In Oneida county, which he had placed in secret trust for his benefit before filing his petition and being adjudged a bankrupt, the apparent title to which lot was in one William H. Bigelow, his brother-in-law. (2) That the property was omitted from his petition and schedules, and for that reason the verification of each thereof was false.”
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wiswall v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- King v. WilcoxNew York Court of Chancery · 1845
- Lilienthal v. DruckliebCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1899
3Cited by17 opinions
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- Butterfield v. WoodmanDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1914
- In re Alphin & Lake Cotton Co.District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1904
- In re Insull Utility Investments, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1934
- Shaffer v. Koblegard Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1910
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