In re Hockman’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 5 district ·

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1. ““The amendment of 1910 to section 14 contains the following proviso: 'That a trustee shall not interpose objections to a bankrupt’s discharge until he shall be authorized so to do at a meeting of creditors called for that purpose.’ Comp. St. § 9597. “The object of the amendment is to confer upon those most vitally interested — that is, the creditors — power to authorize the trustee to interpose objections. Unless the trustee is so authorized, he is not permitted to intervene by objection. His authority to interpose objections is derived, not from the judge, or from the referee, but from the creditors. “As the act has excluded from the referee the power to hear applications for discharge, the notice to creditors of the hearing and the fixing of the date should be upon the order of .the judge, in accordance with Supreme Court form 57. The trustee, however, is not a party to the proceedings for discharge until he has been made so by the creditors at a meeting called for that purpose. When the authority is obtained, he becomes a party to the proceeding by filing his specifications of objections.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Verbitsky

2. ““ * * * That a trustee shall not interpose objections to a bankrupt’s discharge until he shall be authorized so to do at a meeting of creditors called for that purpose””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Reiff