In the Matter of Marilyn Sliman McBee Wife Of/and Hal Dean McBee Bankrupts v. Florence Sliman and St. Landry Bank & Trust Co.

BROWN, Chief Judge:

Marilyn and Hal McBee appeal from the denial by a referee of their discharge in bankruptcy — affirmed in turn by the District Court. They contend that it was an abuse of discretion for the referee to deny a discharge to both or at the least to Marilyn McBee individually. We disagree and affirm.

The McBee creditors challenged the voluntary petition in bankruptcy on the ground that the bankrupts had failed to maintain books or accounts to satisfactorily explain a loss of $14,000 in assets as required by 11 U.S.C.A. § 32. By their objections, the creditors brought to the fore…