Greist v. Greist

*496OPINION

By STEVENS, J.

The sole question presented is whether an alimony award, in a definite and determined amount, entered by agreement of the parties in a divorce and alimony action, with the approval of the trial court, is a debt which is dischargeable in bankruptcy.

Section 17 of the bankruptcy . act, as amended in 1903, provides as follows:

“(a) A discharge in bankruptcy shall release a bankrupt from all of his provable debts, except such as * * * (2) are liabilities for obtaining property by false pretenses or false representations, or for wilful and malicious injuries to the person or…