Legal Opinion
Donnelly v. Montague
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 4, 1940PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
This is a supplementary proceeding after a judgment for the plaintiff in a civil action upon a promissory note made by the defendant. It is brought under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 224, §§ 14-17, which were introduced into our law by St. 1927, c. 334. While this proceeding for the examination of the judgment debtor as to his property and ability to pay the judgment was pending in the District Court, he filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy and obtained a discharge. He then moved that this proceeding be dismissed, because the judgment upon which it was founded had been discharged in bankruptcy.…
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