Tenn v. First Hawaiian Bank

OPINION

Appellants Luckfield and Tenn appeal from orders denying them discharges in bankruptcy based upon determinations that both had obtained credit by publishing a false statement in writing respecting their financial condition in violation of 11 U.S.C. § 32(c)(3). On appeal they contend that *1357they did not fall within 11 U.S.C. § 32(c)(3) because: They did not meet the “engaged in business” requirement of the statute; the deed that they executed and recorded was not a false statement in writing respecting their financial condition within the meaning of the statute; and they did not fail to…