In re Callahan
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for La Crosse county: O. B. Wymah, Circuit Judge. On December 28,1897, John I. GaUahcm, a physician in La Crosse, filed his petition alleging insolvency and praying a discharge from his debts under ch. 179, R. S. 1878. His schedule of creditors contained a few accounts for household expenses aggregating about $180, a secured debt to a bank of $110, and a judgment for $3,971.42 recovered in the circuit court for La Crosse county on…
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for La Crosse county: O. B. Wymah, Circuit Judge. On December 28,1897, John I. GaUahcm, a physician in La Crosse, filed his petition alleging insolvency and praying a discharge from his debts under ch. 179, R. S. 1878. His schedule of creditors contained a few accounts for household expenses aggregating about $180, a secured debt to a bank of $110, and a judgment for $3,971.42 recovered in the circuit court for La Crosse county on October 19,1897, upon a yerdict rendered May 1Y, 189Y. The schedule of assets consisted of about 125 open' accounts for…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
Oh. 179, with reference to the discharge of insolvent debtors, although it has occupied a place in the statutes since 1849 without very much change, and has existed •substantially in New York from very early times, has received but little consideration or construction in this court. Sec. 4296 provides that when it shall satisfactorily appear to the court or judge that the insolvent is justly and truly indebted to the creditors in the sums mentioned in his schedule and affidavit, that such insolvent has honestly and fairly given a true account of his estate, and has in all things conformed to…
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