Tune v. Vaughan

On November 9, 1923, appellees sued appellant in the Miller Circuit Court on a promissory note which he had signed as an accommodation indorser for appellant and had been required to pay. On January 2, 1924, appellant filed in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas his petition and schedule in bankruptcy, and was on January 14, 1924, adjudged a bankrupt, and on March 29, 1924, was granted a discharge from all his indebtedness, including the note above mentioned. Upon filing the petition the referee in bankruptcy mailed to appellee notice thereof. No trustee…