Melita v. State Bank of Albany

The sole issue to be determined on this appeal is whether certain judgments entered in the Fulton County Clerk’s Office in favor of respondent bank against petitioners have been "discharged” or only "qualifiedly discharged” by petitioners’ adjudication of bankruptcy.

The first judgment, in the amount of $8,404.68, was entered against both petitioners on June 5, 1980. The second, in the amount of $2,124.10, was entered against petitioner Albert Joseph Melita only on July 25, 1980. As a consequence, on September 16, 1980, petitioners filed for bankruptcy under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Reform…