Corey v. Ripley
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Report. Assumpsit on account annexed to the writ dated January 22, 1868. At the April term, 1869, the defendant pleaded in bar of the further. maintenance of the suit, a discharge in bankrupcy in the prescribed form, duly granted under the United States bankrupt act of 1867, and dated March 9, 1869, releasing him from all debts, &c., which existed on May 80, 1868, when he filed his petition.
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On Report. Assumpsit on account annexed to the writ dated January 22, 1868. At the April term, 1869, the defendant pleaded in bar of the further. maintenance of the suit, a discharge in bankrupcy in the prescribed form, duly granted under the United States bankrupt act of 1867, and dated March 9, 1869, releasing him from all debts, &c., which existed on May 80, 1868, when he filed his petition. The plaintiff, by his replication in due form, substantially alleged that the discharge is invalid for the reasons mentioned in § 29, and which would have prevented the granting of the discharge had…
1Opinion of the CourtDickerson, J.
Assumpsit on account annexed to the writ. The defendant pleaded a discharge in bankruptcy in bar of the further *73maintenance of this suit. Tlie plaintiff alleged, in his replication, that the defendant’s discharge is invalid for the reasons set forth in § 29 of the bankrupt act of 1867.
According to the agreement of the parties, the law court is to decide whether the defendant’s discharge in bankruptcy can be impeached in this court for any cause which would have prevented the granting of the discharge, under the bankrupt act, or would have been sufficient ground for annulling the discharge in…
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