Wells v. Edmison

The single question presented by this appeal is this: Is a discharge in bankruptcy under the act of 1867, properly pleaded and proved, a bar to an action brought in a district court of this territory, upon a judgment recovered in a circuit court of Iowa, after the filing of the petition in bankruptcy, and prior to the granting of the dis*53charge, in an action commenced by personal service of process before the filing of the petition, upon an indebtedness on simple contract then existing? 'That the question thus presented is one of considerable difficulty is manifest in the diversity of opinion…