Legal Opinion
Humphreys v. Heller
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1935PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHofstadter, J.
The plaintiffs have obtained a judgment in an action brought to recover for personal injuries sustained from *569the bite of a dog owned and harbored by the defendant Heller. The defendant has obtained a discharge in bankruptcy and now seeks to stay further proceedings in the action. The question presented is whether the debt created by the judgment is excepted from discharge by the provisions of section 35 of title 11 of the United States Code, as a liability “ for willful and malicious injuries to the person * * * of another.”
The complaint alleges that the defendant “ wrongfully kept a dog,…
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