Carey v. Hess

The first paragraph of the appellee’s complaint alleges that, on the 3d day of February, 1878, the ap*399pellee recovered judgment against the appellant Sylvanus Carey for $3,901.93; that in that year the latter was adj udged a bankrupt on his own petition, and that in June of that 3 year he made a composition agreement with- his creditors, which was subsequently approved by the court of bankruptcy jurisdiction, and he was discharged; that, after the agreement of composition, the appellant Sylvanus Carey promised the appellee that as soon as he got able he would pay him the amount of the…