MATTER OF CHASTANT

No. 88-4339.

873 F.2d 89 (1989)

In the Matter of Harold Paul CHASTANT, Jr., Debtor. Felix Octave PAVY, Appellee, v. Harold Paul CHASTANT, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Brenham, Strain, Dennis, Ellis, Mayhall & Bates, Lafayette, La., for appellant.

Felix Octave Pavy, Thistlethwaite, Thistlethwaite & Pavy, Opelousas, La., for appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GEE, and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Harold Paul Chastant, Jr. appeals the judgment denying his discharge in bankruptcy pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(2)(A), for transferring property within one year prior to the bankruptcy with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud a creditor or officer of the bankrupt estate. The intent element was inferred from the trust instrument effecting the transfer. Finding sufficient evidence of that intent, and of the other elements required, we affirm...

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