Woelfle v. Giles

This appeal presents the question whether under the U. S. Bankruptcy Act, U. S. C. A., title 11, sec. 35, sub. a (2), the debt of a bankrupt evidenced by a judgment secured against the bankrupt on account of his sale of mortgaged property without complying with those provisions of the mortgage having to do with advertisement and public sale, is such, “willful and malicious injuries to - . . . property” as falls within the exception in the foregoing subsection of the Bankruptcy statute, and is not dischargeable.

In the court of a justice of the peace of Shelby County, Giles sued Woelfle for the…