Kelt v. Quezada

TATE, Circuit Judge:

The creditor-plaintiff, Kelt, filed a complaint in the bankruptcy proceedings of the debtors Quezada to determine the dischargeability of his state-court judgment against the Quezadas. The damages awarded were for injuries inflicted by a pit bulldog owned by the Quezadas. The plaintiff appeals from the determination of the bankruptcy court, affirmed by the district court, that the debt was discharged.

The plaintiff Kelt contends that the debtors-bankrupts’ conduct in harboring in a *122crowded neighborhood a vicious dog, known to have previously bitten another person, resulted…