In the Matter of Lester A. Becker, and v. Seaboard Finance Company, And

Appellant, a bankrupt, appeals from a District Court order of May 16, 1969, affirming the Referee’s order of November 14, 1968, denying his discharge in bankruptcy, upon the objection of appel-lee, based upon alleged false representations contained in appellant’s financial statement submitted to appellee (dated December 3, 1963), for the purpose of obtaining money on credit.

Some thirteen alleged issues are raised by appellant. Most go to questions of “intent”, “reliance”, “status”, and a procedural problem relating to amendments to the specifications of objections to discharge.

As appellant’s counsel stated at oral argument, the principal errors relied upon by appellant were the findings of both Referee and the District Court that the value of Marshall Land and Cattle Company, C & A Land Corporation, and Santa Maria Acres, Inc., were each overstated, and that the appellant’s $1,275,-000 note payable to the Cerulli Brothers should have been included on the financial statement.

The question before this Court is a narrow one. It is not how we might or might not have interpreted the evidence before the bankruptcy Referee and the District Court, but whether the Referee’s ruling,…