Huntington v. Saunders
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, to recover the amounts of two judgments, the defence to which was a discharge in bankruptcy. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Mason, C. J., who ruled that the discharge was a bar to the actions, and found for the defendant. The plaintiff alleged exceptions, the nature of which appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
A petition in bankruptcy was brought against the defendant Saunders on July 18,1875. On August 17,1875, two suits upon promissory notes were brought against him by the present plaintiff. On October 1,1875, the defendant was adjudi*93coted a bankrupt, and on November 4, 1875, the plaintiff proved in banki-uptcy the notes sued on August 17, 1875. The bankruptcy was suggested in the actions, and they were from time to time continued until July 3, 1877, when the defendant’s default was entered in each action. On July 6, 1877, an agreement of counsel was filed, reciting that “ the above entitled…
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