IN RE SWOPE

No. 71-1620.

466 F.2d 936 (1972)

In the Matter of Frederick Steven SWOPE, Bankrupt-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 9, 1972.

Certiorari Denied January 8, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elasko Thigpen, Paul F. Hayzlett, Peoria, Ill., for appellant.

Francis R. Van Hooreweghe, Kehr & Van Hooreweghe, Ltd. Chillocothe, Ill., for appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges, and LARAMORE, Senior Judge.


Certiorari Denied January 8, 1973. See 93 S.Ct. 929.

PER CURIAM.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether a bankrupt is entitled to a jury trial of a creditor's claim that his debt was not discharged because the bankrupt had obtained money from the creditor by false pretenses or false representations within the meaning of Section 17(a) (2) of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. § 35(a) (2)).

Frederick Steven Swope was adjudicated bankrupt...

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