In re Madigan
District Court, S.D. New York
Iii Bankruptcy. In the matter of Andrew M. Madigan, bankrupt. On motion by bankrupt for discharge from arrest.
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.
[1-3] The judgment here was for negligence, due to the reckless driving of an automobile, and is in my opinion dischargeable in bankruptcy. The bankrupt was arrested under an order of the state court made prior to the filing of his voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the Eastern district, and is now on the jail limits. That proceeding has pow gone to adjudication, and, under my decision in Matter of Margiasso, 38 Am. Bankr. Rep. 524, 242 Fed. 990, the bankrupt may be released pending his application for a discharge, unless the court is without jurisdiction…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Babbitt v. DutcherSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Ex parte MargiassoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1917
- In re HartzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
3Cited by10 opinions
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- In re CunninghamDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1918
- Zdarzynski v. WegnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1937
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