In re Sullivan
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1Opinion of the CourtAugustus N. Hand, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above).
This bankrupt was in poor health, alarmed about his physical condition, disturbed-by his mother’s illness, and earning only $30 per week, from which he had to pay doctors’ and -apothecary’s bills as Well as living expenses’. His reasons for obtaining an extension of time to apply for a discharge excite sympathy, but do not furnish a legal excuse. The words of section 14a of the Bankruptcy Act (11 USCA § 32.(a) covering an extension of “time to apply for a discharge limit extensions to cases where the bankrupt is “unavoidably prevented” from filing his…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re MacLauchlanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
- In re LansleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926
- In re La RosaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re EwingDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1934
- In re RoeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937