Knapp v. Hoyt
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Floyd Circuit Court. The plaintiff alleges in bis petition that in 1871 and 1872 be was engaged in business with Z. C. Trask et al., forming the firm of Trask, McNitt & Knapp, and on September 10, 1872, defendant J. M. Dougan recovered a judgment against said firm and tbe plaintiff for $818.87; that on August 7, 1872, a petition was filed against the plaintiff as a bankrupt, and on the 28th day of April, 1875, plaintiff received a discharge in bankruptcy from all…
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Appeal from Floyd Circuit Court. The plaintiff alleges in bis petition that in 1871 and 1872 be was engaged in business with Z. C. Trask et al., forming the firm of Trask, McNitt & Knapp, and on September 10, 1872, defendant J. M. Dougan recovered a judgment against said firm and tbe plaintiff for $818.87; that on August 7, 1872, a petition was filed against the plaintiff as a bankrupt, and on the 28th day of April, 1875, plaintiff received a discharge in bankruptcy from all debts and claims which existed on August 7, 1872, whereby defendant’s judgment became extinguished and plaintiff’…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
The plaintiff introduced his discharge in bankruptcy in the usual form, dated April 28, 1875, and purporting to discharge him from all debts provable in bankruptcy previous to his being adjudged a bankrupt on a petition filed against him August 7, 1872. The defendant introduced the judgment docket of the Floyd Circuit Court showing the rendition of a judgment in favor of J. M. Dougan against Z. C. Trask, E. W. McNitt, and James C. Knapp, dated September 10, 1872, for $780.27, and costs and attorney’s fees, upon which judgment $273.05 had been collected on execution. The testimony respecting…
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