Burnham v. Pidcock
New York Supreme Court
Action by the plaintiffs, as surviving partners, for the amount of a judgment recovered by the partnership, in the court of another State, for the wrongful conversion of two locomotives. The answer was a subsequent discharge in bankruptcy. .
1Opinion of the CourtMcAdam, J.
The action is by plaintiffs, surviving partners, to recover the sum of $14,315.56, being the amount of a judgment recovered by the partnership in the Supreme Court of the State of Hew "Jersey, for the wrongful conversion of two locomotives. The defendant pleads a subsequent discharge in bankruptcy.
Section 17 of the Bankruptcy Act provides that “ a discharge in bankruptcy shall release a bankrupt from aE of his provable debts except such as * * * (2) are judgments in actions for frauds, or obtaining property by false pretenses or false representations, or for willful and malicious injuries to…
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