In re Spear
In re Spear
103 F. 779; 1900 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 166
Opinion of the Court
Not failure to keep books of account or records, merely, is a bar to a discharge, hut only such failure "with fraudulent intent to conceal his true financial condition and in contemplation of bankruptcy” is made such. Bankr. Act, § 14b. FTo such intent is found or alleged’ here, or any other statutory cause. Without such, by the terms of the act, a discharge is required. So room is left for a refusal tor any other than statutory reasons, however salutary they might be claimed or thought to be. Discharges granted.
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