Finnegan v. Hall

A'motion is made to cancel a judgment of this court in favor of the plaintiff for $1,091.21 entered May 7, 1900, upon the ground that a discharge in bankruptcy by the United States District Court was given to the defendant on the 17th day of July, 1900. This motion is resisted upon an affidavit of the plaintiff that the cause of action was for breach of promise of marriage, and that the defendant went into bankruptcy only for the purpose of evading the payment of this judgment.

Dy the Act of Congress of July 1, 1898, section 17, a discharge in bankruptcy releases the bankrupt from all provable…