Choate v. Quinichett

The question in this case arises upon a. demurrer by the plaintiff to the defendant’s plea of a discharge in bankruptcy, and the main point raised by the demurrer is, whether the debt sought to be recovered of the defendant after his discharge was a “provable debt” against his estate in the proceeding in bankruptcy.

The facts are, that Messrs. Leftwich & Cosh brbught an action of replevin against the plaintiff, Quinichett, on the 10th of January, 1868, for certain mules, several of which were seized under the writ by the sheriff and delivered to Leftwich & Cosh. The defendant, Choate, was the…