In re James
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern .District of North Carolina, at Wilmington, in Bankruptcy. In the matter of John L. James, bankrupt. An application for discharge was contested by Stone & Co., creditors. Decree denying-discharge (175 Fed. 894), and the bankrupt appeals. This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the United-States for the Eastern District of North Carolina, sitting as a court of bankruptcy.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern .District of North Carolina, at Wilmington, in Bankruptcy. In the matter of John L. James, bankrupt. An application for discharge was contested by Stone & Co., creditors. Decree denying-discharge (175 Fed. 894), and the bankrupt appeals. This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the United-States for the Eastern District of North Carolina, sitting as a court of bankruptcy. It appears that on the 25th of October, 1907, and for some time prior-thereto, the petitioner was engaged in the mercantile business at…
1Opinion of the CourtPritchard, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). It is insisted by counsel for appellant that, inasmuch as the petitioner had concealed a portion of his property more than four months next preceding the filing of the petition, he thereby became exempt from the provisions of the bankruptcy law relating to the concealment of the property of the bankrupt, notwithstanding the fact that he continued to keep the property in question concealed until within the four months’ period next preceding the filing of the petition. The purpose of the bankruptcy law is to secure fair treatment for both creditor and debtor,…
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