Court Opinion

ID: 6841644
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-23 20:19:48.018468+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:04:52.162102
License: Public Domain

PER CURIAM.
To the petition of creditors alleging that he was insolvent and within four months had committed an act of bankruptcy by making an assignment of all his property, the appellant bankrupt answered denying insolvency and the act of bankruptcy alleged. During the trial upon the issues so raised, appellant sought, hut was refused, leave of court to file an amended answer denying that he was indebted to petitioners in excess of securities held by them. There was a verdict and judgment for appellees.
Whether appellant should have been allowed to amend his answer after the trial was begun and without previous notice was a question that was in the sound discretion of the trial court. Equity Rule 30 (28 USCA § 723). No reason was, or, considering the nature of the new defense, could well he, given for appellant’s failure to offer the amendment in time to enable the creditors to meet it by proof. No abuse of discretion is shown.
The judgment is affirmed.