In re Balzer

The petitioner, J. F. Balzer, was adjudged a bankrupt in this court on the 27th day of September, 1924, and the estate went through the usual routine for administration. On the 26th day of March, 1926, a petition was filed on behalf of the said Balzer, by his attorney, asking that an order be made extending for six months the time in which petitioner might file his petition for discharge.

The reasons set up as a basis for the petition were substantially as follows: That the administration of the estate took more than one year, that the requirements of the petitioner took him away from this district during most of the time since the adjudication, and that from just before the expiration of one year after the adjudication until the present time the petitioner has been in other parts of the United States, because of the interests of his business, and has not been and is not now within this district, and inadvertence of counsel.

This petition is filed under the provisions of section 14a of the Bankruptcy Act (Comp. St. § 9598), and particularly under that portion thereof which reads as follows: “If it shall be made to appear to the judge that the bankrupt was unavoidably prevented…