In re Buchanan’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 3 district ·

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1. ““As to the first of these objections, there is nothing as yet to show what the amount of the alleged surplus is, or indeed that there is any surplus. Moreover, as stated above, it is still an open question whether or not such surplus. if there be one, passed to the trustee. Presumably the bankrupt was advised by Ms counsel that it did not so pass, and a' majority of the creditors in number and amount, also presumably advised by counsel, have reached the conclusion that the chance of an affirmative answer to the question was too uncertain to risk spending the funds of the estate In securing a judicial answer to it. Tinder these circumstances, it would be a very harsh construction of the bankruptcy act to refuse discharge because the bankrupt did not include this trust income in his schedules.””

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