Crafts v. . Mott

Whether the discharge and certificate of a bankrupt, under the late bankrupt act, will operate as a discharge of a particular debt, contract or other engagement, when properly set up, depends entirely upon the question whether the debt, contract or other engagement, was provable under the act. Section four of the act provides that the discharge and certificate "when duly granted, shall in all courts of justice, be deemed a full and complete discharge of all debts, contracts and other engagements of such bankrupt, which are provable under this act." And section five declares that "all…