Graves v. Wright

Plaintiffs brought assumpsit to recover upon a promissory note for $199.41, dated at Boston, September 20, 1876, given by the defendant, and- made payable to his own order two months after date, and by him endorsed. The defense set up is a discharge of the defendant in bankruptcy granted by the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Michigan, after the' giving of the note and prior to the commencement of suit.

The case was tried before the court without a jury, who rendered a judgment for the plaintiffs upon the following facts found by the court:

“ First, that…