Beneficial Finance Co. v. Crane

The plaintiff brought this action to recover the balance alleged to be due on a promissory note made by the defendant. The defendant’s answer set forth his discharge in bankruptcy as a special defense, to which the plaintiff replied that the financial statement furnished by the defendant was false and was relied on by the plaintiff and the debt was not dischargeable in bankruptcy. On a trial to the court, it found the issues for the defendant, and from the judgment and the denial of a motion to open the judgment the plaintiff has appealed, assigning as error the conclusions of the court and…