In re Ragsdale
District Court, D. Indiana
In bankruptcy. Henry C. Duncan et al., who are creditors of the bankrupt [William Ragsdale!, filed st>ecifications of the grounds of their objection to his discharge, alleging C1.) failure and refusal of bankrupt to surrender all his property; (2) failure to keep proper books of account: (3) fraudulently procuring assent of creditor to discharge.
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In bankruptcy. Henry C. Duncan et al., who are creditors of the bankrupt [William Ragsdale!, filed st>ecifications of the grounds of their objection to his discharge, alleging C1.) failure and refusal of bankrupt to surrender all his property; (2) failure to keep proper books of account: (3) fraudulently procuring assent of creditor to discharge. These allegations being denied by the bankrupt, and issue joined thereon, the matters in controversy were referred by the court to Noble C. Butler, Esq., one of the registers in bankruptcy thereof, for report and finding; who, after hearing the…
1Opinion of the Court
By
NOBLE C. BUTLER, Register:
The proof does not sustain either the first or third specifications filed by the creditors. As to the second specification, it is shown that the bankrupt was engaged in farming and trading. His trading consisted in buying and selling live stock. The character of the “books of account” kept by him is revealed by his answers to questions 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, and a statement by him just at the close of his answer to 132, upon an examination under section 508G, Rev. St. U. S., the record of which is introduced as part of the evidence herein. They were evidently very…
2Cited by1 opinion
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