Legal Opinion
In Re Lancaster
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided March 21, 1941No. 16369PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REEVES, District Judge.
The question for review is whether a proceeding under 'Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 1001 et seq., referring to the general subject of wage earners’ plans, should be expanded to relieve a surety or guarantor of a debtor from his liability.
Under the general bankruptcy law, and particularly by Section 34, Chapter 3, Title 11 U.S.C.A., it is provided as follows: “§ 34. Co-debtors of bankrupts. The liability of a person who is a co-debtor with, or guarantor or in any manner a sure ty for, a bankrupt shall not be altered by the discharge of such bankrupt.”
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