Blackstock v. Blackstock
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri; Arba S. Van Valkenburgh, Judge. Voluntary proceedings in bankruptcy by Andrew J. Blackstock. From a decree dismissing the petition, on objection by Minnie Black-stock, the sole creditor, petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MUNGER, District Judge.
This case presents an appeal from an order dismissing a petition in bankruptcy. The appellant, a resident of Jackson county, Mo., on October 19, 1917, filed a voluntary petition asking that he be declared a bankrupt. In his schedule of debts owing by him, he listed Minnie Blackstock as his only creditor. He set forth that the debt was contracted in 1904, and that it had been reduced to judgment in March, 1917, in the state court for Jackson county, Mo. He further stated:
“The consideration of the debt originally was 'a promissory note given by the bankrupt to Minnie…
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