In re Nowell
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Bankruptcy. On petition for injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
The bankrupt here seeks an injunction to restrain Ms wife from prosecuting in the slate court contempt proceedings against him to obtain alimony granted her by a decree of that court. This court has therefore to determine the effect of bankruptcy upon alimony. If a discharge in bankruptcy will bar the wife’s claim for alimony, she. may be enjoined from seeking to collect it by contempt proceedings or otherwise.
Section 17 of the bankrupt act provides that a discharge in bankruptcy shall release the bankrupt from all his provable debts, with certain inapplicable…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Knapp v. KnappMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Southworth v. TreadwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
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