Currence v. Fisher Body

Section 17 of the bankruptcy act' (U. S. C. A. 172, title 11, § 35) provides that “a discharge in bankruptcy shall release bankrupt from all '[italics ours] provable debts,” with a few exceptions. One exception is that the discharge shall not release the bankrupt from a debt incurred by reason of his “wilful and malicious injuries to the person or property of another.” Since, under the above-cited act, a discharge in bankruptcy releases the bankrupt from all of his provable debts, except in a 'few instances, a prima-facie defense is made out by a bankrupt when such a discharge is shown, and…