Legal Opinion
In re Shorer
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided May 15, 1899No. 69PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Bankruptcy. On application of the bankrupt for discharge.
1Opinion of the Court
TOWNSEND, District Judge.
The opposition to the petition for a discharge was based on the ground that, long prior to the passage of the bankruptcy act, the bankrupt had, with fraudulent intent, concealed his financial condition, and destroyed or concealed his books of account, etc. This is insufficient. In re Stark, 1 Nat. Bankr. News, 232, 96 Fed. 88; In re Holtz, 1 Nat. Bankr. News, 204.
The referee does not find that the bankrupt, since the passage of the bankruptcy act, has destroyed or concealed said books, except in so far as might-be inf erred, from certain facts, the most important of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re StarkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1899
3Cited by2 opinions
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- In re DewsDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1899