Rodner v. Silverman

Plaintiff has brought this action against the makers of a promissory note. The defense is usury.

The defendants were heretofore petitioned into bankruptcy; in the bankruptcy proceeding they scheduled their indebtedness to plaintiff on the note in suit, and the plaintiff filed a claim upon the note, which was allowed by the referee in bankruptcy without objection by the trustee or by the bankrupts, these defendants. A dividend of-four per cent was declared, and paid to all creditors, including this plaintiff. The defendants, for some undisclosed reason, were denied a discharge in bankruptcy,…