Donnell v. England

On January 1, 1914, the appellant, R. S. England, executed and delivered his note in the sum of $8878.73, due one year after date, to respondent, Jesse F. Donnell. On February 18, 1937, the respondent recovered a judgment on this note in that sum against the appellant in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Missouri. From this judgment the appellant has duly appealed.

The appellant admitted the execution of the note, but relied upon the defense that on September 2, 1919, he was adjudicated a bankrupt, and was discharged on February 20, 1920, from all debts listed in his schedule, among which…