In re Weinreb

Citations

• 153 F. 363
• 82 C.C.A. 439
• 1907 U.S. App. LEXIS 4416

Syllabus

<p>Bankruptcy-Discharge — Refusal to Answer Material Questions.</p> <p>Under Bankr. Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, § 14b (6), 30 Stat. 550 [XT. S. Coinp. St. 1901, p. 3427], as amended in 1903 (Act Peb. 5, 1903, c. 487, 32 Stat. 797 [XJ. S. Comp. St. Supp. .1005, p. 684]), which makes it a ground for refusing a discharge that the bankrupt “in the course of the proceedings in bankruptcy refused * * * to answer any material question approved by the court,” no more formal approval is required from the referee than the overruling of objections, if any are made, and the allowance of the questions, and the refusal of a bankrupt on his examination to answer a question as to what was done with a large sum of money drawn by him from the bank a short time before the bankruptcy, is sufficient to warrant the refusal of a discharge, although after such objection to the discharge was made lie offered to answer the question.</p>