In re Rea Bros.
District Court, D. Montana
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Rea Bros., bankrupts. On application for discharge and objections thereto.
1Opinion of the Court
BOURQUIN, District Judge.
[1] The bankrupts purchased sheep, to be paid by check on delivery, which was done. They knew they had neither money nor credit at the hank of the check, and it was dishonored when presented in due course some 20 days later.
*432It is held that the check is not a “false statement * * * for the purpose of obtaining credit,” and by which property was obtained, within paragraph 3, ,§ 14, Bankruptcy Act. Said paragraph was introduced into the law in 1903, and amended in 1910 by a provision that the false statement, theretofore a bar to discharge when made to the person from…
2Cited by11 opinions
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- Robinson v. J. R. Williston & Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1920
- Family Fair, Inc. v. Montbleau (In Re Montbleau)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1981
- Albert E. Obrist v. Charles H. ChristensenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
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