In re Feldstein
District Court, S.D. New York
In Bankruptcy. On application for discharge, and objections thereto. The following is the report of Ernest Hall, referee, to whom the application and objections were referred: The specifications filed by the objecting creditors are as follows: First, they charge that the bankrupt, with fraudulent intent concealed his true financial condition and in contemplation of bankruptcy, failed to keep books of account or records from which his true condition might he ascertained; and…
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In Bankruptcy. On application for discharge, and objections thereto. The following is the report of Ernest Hall, referee, to whom the application and objections were referred: The specifications filed by the objecting creditors are as follows: First, they charge that the bankrupt, with fraudulent intent concealed his true financial condition and in contemplation of bankruptcy, failed to keep books of account or records from which his true condition might he ascertained; and the facts in regard to this specification are Cully set out in the subdivisions following the specifications. The second…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
Upon examination of the evidence and books in this case, I am entirely satisfied that the discharge of-the *799bankrupt should be denied on the grounds stated by the referee in his admirable opinion. I will only add that no system of bookkeeping, as it seems to me, could be devised that would be more calculated 1o mislead and deceive persons referred to the books for information as to the capital of the bankrupt invested in his business, which under this system of bookkeeping appeared at all times to be much larger t lian it was in fact.
2Cited by1 opinion
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