In re Bullis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by .the petitioner, Spencer S. Bullis, from an order of the-Supreme Court, made at the Erie Special Term and entered in the-office of the cleric of the county of Cattaraugus on the 3d day of September, 1901, denying his application for the cancellation and discharge of record of certain judgments entered against him.
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Appeal by .the petitioner, Spencer S. Bullis, from an order of the-Supreme Court, made at the Erie Special Term and entered in the-office of the cleric of the county of Cattaraugus on the 3d day of September, 1901, denying his application for the cancellation and discharge of record of certain judgments entered against him. This proceedings was commenced by the petition of the appellant,, which shows that he has been discharged from his debts in compliance with the National Bankrupt Law; that more than one year has-elapsed since such discharge; that two judgments recited in the-petition are…
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
• The petitioner upon this motion was adjudicated a bankrupt September 19, 1900. There were two judgments entered against him in 1895, one of $3,586.40 and one of $341,745.65, and this motion was for the purpose of relieving the petitioner from the liability of these judgments. The judgment creditor contests the application on the ground that the judgments were recovered by reason of the fraud of the said Bullís and one Barse.
The question before us involves the construction of subdivisions 2 and 4, of section 17 of .the National Bankrupt Law of 1898. ■ (30 U. S. Stat. at Large,…
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