In re Byrne
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
'MAYER, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). 1. The first .question is whether the judgment is dischargeable. Section 17a of the Bankruptcy Law (Comp. St. § 9601) provides:
“A discharge in bankruptcy shall release a bankrupt from all of his provable debts, except such as * * * (2) are liabilities * * * for wiiiful and malicious injuries to the person or property of another. * * * ”
The complaint nowhere alleged willful or malicious injury, but charged Byrne with having “unskillfully, carelessly, and negligently” treated the infant’s foot, and ankle. The testimony and the charge of…
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