Ex parte Morgan
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Report of facts agreed. Appeal from decree of the judge of the court of insolvency in [granting a discharge to the insolvent and in refusing to allow an examination of the insolvent on the motion in writing of the appellants.
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
It is here claimed that an appeal lies from the allowance of a discharge of an insolvent who made a composition settlement with creditors. The case of In re Hoyt, 76 Maine, 394, is an authority directly opposed to such claim. The appellant contends that an appeal should be open to him in the *37present ease, because he was denied the privilege of having the insolvent personally examined concerning his property. But that refusal by the judge, gave no cause for an appeal. It was designed that a single creditor should not be enabled to block or delay such a settlement. The idea of the law is, rapid…
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