In re Brown
District Court, S.D. Iowa
In Bankruptcy. On involuntary petition. Trial to the court, a jury having been waived by stipulation.
1Opinion of the Court
McPHERSON, District Judge.
Near the end of the trial, the alleged bankrupt waived further evidence as to the allegations of acts of bankruptcy by Brown within the four months of filing the petition. Such waiver was not necessary, because it had already been established by the testimony of Brown that most flagrant acts had been by him committed in turning practically all of his property over to his father-in-law, at much less than its value, for an antecedent debt; Brown being insolvent, which both he and his father-in-law well knew. The evidence shows that Brown is wholly without conscience as…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In re MackeyDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1901
- In re DrakeDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1902
- Wulbern v. DrakeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1903
- In re ThompsonDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1900
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