Nelson v. Brannon

Atkinson, Justice.

1. A discharge in bankruptcy extinguishes the right of a creditor (who has notice of the bankruptcy proceedings) to enforce against the bankrupt collection of any debt existing at the time of the filing of the petition in bankruptcy, where such debt is provable in bankruptcy and does not fall within the classes excepted by the bankruptcy act as not being dischargeable. Pending the bankruptcy proceeding the creditor can not maintain a suit at law against the debtor to obtain a judgment against him in personam. Bowen v. Keller, 130 Ga. 31, 32 (60 S. E. 174, 124 Am. St. R.…