Legal Opinion

Malendy v. Hungerford

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 15, 1848No. 62Published

Application for the benefit of the “ Honest Debtor’s Act”— Richmond Superior Court — before Judge Holt, September Term, 1848. The facts are embodied in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

Lumpkin, J.

delivering the opinion.

John T. Hungerford, being arrested at the instance of other •persons, and having given bond and filed his schedule, made application to be discharged as an insolvent debtor, under the provisions of “the Act for the relief of honest debtors.” The plaintiffs in error, who resided out of the State, were creditors. Due notice of the intended application was served on their attornies, addressed to them respectively, as partners in trade, by the style of their several firms, namely : “ Malendy & David,” “ G. & W. H. Lockwood,” and “ Wyman, Elmendorf &…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bartlett v. CampbellNew York Supreme Court · 1828
  2. Alexander v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1828

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