In re Madden
District Court, D. New Jersey
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of the bankruptcy of Albert Franklin Madden. On rule to show cause why an order permanently restraining supplementary proceedings in the state court should not be granted.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, District Judge.
The bankrupt is before this court seeking an order restraining Dorothy B. Curten from continuing supplementary proceedings in the state court on the ground that his discharge in bankruptcy released him from the liability on which the state court proceedings are based. Suit was instituted against the bankrupt in the state court by the said Dorothy B. Curten for breach of promise *582of marriage, on which judgment was secured against him, whereupon he filed on July 5, 1918, a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in this court. He was adjudicated a bankrupt on the same day. The…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In re BurkeDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1907
- In re FlandersDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1903
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Devereaux v. BelseyDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1934