Kaufman's of Kentucky v. Wall

STEWART, Judge.

This appeal involves the question of whether a discharge in bankruptcy, under the circumstances herein mentioned, defeats the right to a set-off interposed to diminish' a recovery sought for damages due to an alleged injury following an accident.

The facts, which are not in dispute, show that "appellee,'Ethel Wall, came into the store in Louisviile of Kaufman’s of Kentucky, appellant herein, on November 10, 1961, ostensibly to do some Christmas shopping. As she was leaving she caught her heel in an open electrical outlet in the floor and allegedly injured her back. The next day…