Household Finance Corp. v. Stewart

In this action of contract or tort the plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $880.00, with interest, from the first day of October, 1959. Count 1 alleges this amount to be due on a promissory note. Count 2 alleges the same amount to be due because of the deceit of the defendants. The defendant, Ernest A. Stewart, answered that subsequent to the making of the note he was adjudicated a bankrupt, listed the plaintiff as a creditor, and received a discharge. After a trial, the court found for the plaintiff on both .counts and assessed damages in the amount of $1004.00. The defendant Ernest A.…