Legal Opinion

In re Marsh

California Supreme Court

Decided December 8, 1896No. Sac. No. 191Published

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County and from an order denying a new trial. E. W. Risley, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Britt, C.

April 22, 1893, Marsh filed in the superior court a petition in insolvency under the Insolvent Act of 1880. In the accompanying schedules his debts were estimated at $2,318, including the sum of $2,200 on a promissory note to one J. A. Bell, for which note it was stated there was no consideration. A formal adjudication of insolvency was entered, and, after the .expiration of three months following, Marsh applied for a discharge from his debts. Said Bell contested the application, and, on July 14, 1894, after trial of the contest, the court rendered judgment declaring *232that, on said…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In re SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Friedlander v. LoucksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1867

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