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144 F. 445

Docket No. 2,281.

In re Meurer

Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · decided 1906-04-03

<p>BANKitufiTGY — Specification of Oiwections to Discharge — Verification.</p> <p>A specification of objections to a bankrupt’s discharge must be sworn to, but the omission to verify it may he cured by amendment.</p>

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Relies on In re Brown · In re Baerncopf · In re Baber

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Decided 1906-04-03

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¶1BANKitufiTGY — Specification of Oiwections to Discharge — Verification.

¶2A specification of objections to a bankrupt’s discharge must be sworn to, but the omission to verify it may he cured by amendment.

¶3In Bankruptcy. On exceptions to specification of objections to discharge.

¶4Frank A. Harrigan, for bankrupt.

¶5Humbert B. Powell and Benjamin II. Ludlow, for objecting creditor.

¶6*446J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

¶7The exception that the specification is not sworn to is well taken. Re Brown, 112 Fed. 49, 60 C. C. A. 118; Re Baerncopf (D. C.) 117 Fed. 975; Re Glass (D. C.) 119 Fed. 520. But the defect is amendable, and the objecting creditor is permitted to make the necessary affidavit within five days. To avoid further question — and without deciding that the signing by the creditor’s attorney is insufficient — the specification may also be signed by an officer of the bank, and this may be done within the same period.

¶8The exception to the second objection as too vague is also well taken, and must be sustained.

¶9After the specification of objection has been properly amended, the clerk will refer the matter to the referee for appropriate action and report;

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