Spring Hill Nurseries Co. v. Lindley

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Section 371 of the Bankruptcy Act (Section 771, Title 11, U.S. Code), provides: “The confirmation of an arrangement shall discharge a debtor from all his unsecured debts and liabilities provided for by the arrangement, except as provided in the arrangement or the order confirming the arrangement, but excluding such debts as, under section 17 of this Act, are not dis-chargeable.” (Emphasis added.) Section 17a of that Act (Section 35, Title 11, U.S. Code) provides, in part: “A discharge in bankruptcy shall release a bankrupt from all of his provable debts, whether allowable in full or in part,…