Legal Opinion
In re Seigel
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided February 21, 1942No. 25644PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUSSELL, District Judge.
This is an ancillary proceeding in aid of and to secure the protection of a discharge in bankruptcy granted Seigel, seeking to enjoin the prosecution of a suit by F. J. Lee against Seigel in the Civil Court of Fulton County.
After a hearing on the application, Lee was enjoined on the ground that the suit in the State court was upon a note, the collection of which was barred by the discharge in bankruptcy. Application for rehearing was granted, at which counsel for the plaintiff in the State court suit acknowledged his inability to recover attorneys’ fees in the State…
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