Legal Opinion
Belsey v. Deveraux
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 9, 1934PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This motion presents the interesting question whether on the application of a bankrupt judgment debtor for the discharge of the judgment under section 150 of the Debtor and Creditor Law, the court to which the application is addressed is bound by the judgment and may not go behind it, or whether it is empowered to inquire into the facts upon which the judgment was predicated to determine if the debt is one dischargeable by the bankruptcy, and if it may so examine, whether the debt here involved is dischargeable.
Harry T. Belsey sued Alfred E. Deveraux in this court on two causes of action, the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Tinker v. ColwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- McIntyre v. KavanaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Marks v. . TownsendNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Wood v. . FiskNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
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3Cited by17 opinions
- In the Matter of George Beverly Pigge, Bankrupt. Viola M. Hovermale v. George Beverly PiggeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Devereaux v. BelseyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
- Citibank N. A. v. Friedenberg (In Re Friedenberg)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1981
- Fierman v. LazarusDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- Multiple Trading Corp. v. SaggeseNew York Supreme Court · 1942
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