Goldman v. Adlman

The plaintiff seeks by this suit in equity to enjoin the enforcement of a judgment and execution obtained by the defendant Adlman, hereafter called the defendant, against the plaintiff on the ground that the defendant’s claim is barred by the plaintiff’s discharge in bankruptcy. Badger v. Jordan Marsh Co. 256 Mass. 153. The defendant pleaded (1) res judicata and (2) lack of notice or knowledge of the plaintiff’s bankruptcy whereby that discharge was prevented from being operative as to his claim. At the trial all material facts well pleaded in the bill and answer were admitted to be true…