In re Antisdel
District Court, D. Michigan
[In bankruptcy. Application by James S. Antisdel a bankrupt, for discharge. On specifications filed by the Union National Bank, a creditor of the bankrupt, setting forth objections to his discharge, as follows: (1) That the bankrupt had willfully and intentionally concealed his title to certain real estate and personal property which belonged to him, by having the same conveyed to his wife at a time when he was insolvent, and knew himself to be' so, and when he expected and…
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[In bankruptcy. Application by James S. Antisdel a bankrupt, for discharge. On specifications filed by the Union National Bank, a creditor of the bankrupt, setting forth objections to his discharge, as follows: (1) That the bankrupt had willfully and intentionally concealed his title to certain real estate and personal property which belonged to him, by having the same conveyed to his wife at a time when he was insolvent, and knew himself to be' so, and when he expected and contemplated proceedings in bankruptcy;' (2) that the bankrupt, being a country merchant, did not keep proper books of…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
Substantially three objections are made to the bankrupt’s books of account. 1. That they did not exhibit the condition of his business, that no trial balance could be made from them, and that Antisdel’s individual account was unintelligible. 2. That there were unexplained mutilations and erasures. 3. That he had omitted to credit two or three small amounts, and had made false entries of advances to his wife.
With regard to the first objection, I fully concur in the opinion of Judge Longyear in the case of In re Archenbrown, [Case No. 505,] that the books of account of a…
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- Bradley v. HunterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1874
- Downer v. RowellSupreme Court of Vermont · 1853
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