Schenfeld v. Lawlor

The appellant, a judgment debtor, having been discharged in bankruptcy, moved at Special Term, pursuant to section 150 of the Debtor and Creditor Law of this State, to cancel of record two New York judgments, which had been duly scheduled against him in the bankruptcy proceedings. The respondents, the judgment creditors, opposed the motion on the ground that the judgments were for “ willful and malicious injuries ” within one of the exceptions contained in paragraph (2) of subdivision a of section 17 of the Bankruptcy Act (U. S. Code, tit. 11, § 35) and, therefore, not dischargeable.

The New…