Hunter
Hunter v. MacFarlane
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Rudkin, J.
This is an appeal from an order granting a discharge in bankruptcy. The specifications of objection to the discharge are substantially as follows: (1) That the bankrupt committed an offense punishable by imprisonment, in that, while a bankrupt, she concealed from her trustee in bankruptcy her interest in a trust estate in the Hawaiian Islands. For present purposes, the character of that estate, and the interest of the bankrupt therein, are sufficiently described in the companion case of In re MacFarlane (Hunter, Trustee, v. McFarlane), 45 F.(2d) 992 . (2) That the bankrupt made a false oath in relation to the schedules accompanying her petition, in that such schedules purported to contain a list of all her property, and did not contain or include her interest in the trust estate. (3) That, in the course of an examination before the referee in bankruptcy, she testified that she did not make, or attempt to malte, any transfer of her future income from the trust estate, whereas, in truth and fact, on September 8, 1924, she assigned all her right, title, and interest in and to her distributive share of the estate to the AngloCalifomia Trust Company as collateral to secure a loan of…