Case Name: In re KUFFLER
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1906-02-16
Citations: 144 F. 445
Docket Number: 
Parties: In re KUFFLER.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 144
Pages: 445–445

Head Matter:
In re KUFFLER.
(District Court, E. D. New York.
February 16, 1906.)
Bankruptcy — Discharge—Refusal of Discharge, in Prior Proceedings.
The dismissal of the petition of a bankrupt for discharge for want of prosecution, and the overruling of a motion to reinstate the same constitute an adjudication that he is not' entitled to a discharge which precludes his discharge in a second bankruptcy proceeding from debts that were provable in the first proceeding.
In Bankruptcy. On application for discharge.
Weschler & Mvcrs, for bankrupt.
Page, Crawford & Tuska, for creditors.

Opinion:
THOMAS, District Judge.
In earlier bankruptcy proceedings in the Southern district of New York, the bankrupt's petition for discharge, which was opposed by a creditor filing specifications, was dismissed for lack of prosecution, and the Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a petition for review upon the ground that the order of the District Court was a final judgment from which an appeal should be taken. Later the District Court denied a motion for leave to proceed with the specifications. It is thought that the bankrupt after his specifications were dismissed was in the same state as if he had not filed them in time, and that by his default he was barred from a discharge. Hence, as a matter has been adjudicated adversely to the bankrupt, he cannot in this proceeding be discharged from the debts provable in the former proceeding.
An order confirming these views will be entered.