George Washington University v. Galdi

TERRY, Associate Judge:

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether appellee’s discharge in bankruptcy released him from his obligation to repay the student loans which he obtained from appellant. We conclude that it did and affirm the ruling of the trial court.

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In 1971 and 1972 appellee received two student loans totaling $5,000 from George Washington University under the National Defense Education Act. 1 In return for the loans, appellee executed two promissory notes, payable to the university. The notes provided that appellee was to repay the loans in quarterly installments over a…