Goldfarb v. Wright

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

On May 16, 1931, Wright was adjudicated a bankrupt upon his voluntary petition. He scheduled four creditors with aggregate claims of $19,407.70, one of whom was the appellant, Fannie Goldfarb, who held a judgment against him for $15,137.35. Her husband, Max Goldfarb, also held a judgment for $3,637.35. Both judgments arose out of an automobile accident. On October 21, 1931, the Goldfarbs compromised these judgments for $4,500 and on receipt of that sum delivered satisfactions and general releases of their claims to the bankrupt. The other two scheduled…