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Crue v. Timmer

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Apr 11, 1941
119 F.2d 415 (6th Cir. 1941)

Opinion

No. 8574.

April 11, 1941.

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division; Fred M. Raymond, Judge.

Proceeding in bankruptcy on the petition of John H. Crue, bankrupt, for a discharge, opposed by Fred G. Timmer, trustee. From an order denying his petition, the bankrupt appeals.

Reversed and remanded.

Archie D. McDonald, of Hastings, Mich., and John McNeil Burns and Cyril E. Bailey, both of Detroit, Mich., for appellant.

Williams, Stiles Tubbs, of Grand Rapids, Mich., for appellee.

Before HICKS, SIMONS, and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.


The appeal is from an order of the bankruptcy court denying, upon recommendations of the referee, the bankrupt's petition for discharge. The order is not defended by the trustee, either by the filing of a brief or by his presence in court for argument.

Since it appears from the undisputed evidence disclosed by the record that the alleged false statement of assets and liabilities signed by the bankrupt was prepared by an agent of the objecting creditor who was fully informed as to the liabilities omitted therefrom, and there is no proof that the statement was ever received by the creditor or relied upon in extending credit to the bankrupt, and it being the view of the court that inference may not be substituted for proof,

It is ordered that the order denying the bankrupt's petition for discharge be and it is hereby reversed, and that the cause be and it is hereby remanded for the entry of an order of discharge.


Summaries of

Crue v. Timmer

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Apr 11, 1941
119 F.2d 415 (6th Cir. 1941)
Case details for

Crue v. Timmer

Case Details

Full title:CRUE v. TIMMER

Court:Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Date published: Apr 11, 1941

Citations

119 F.2d 415 (6th Cir. 1941)

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