Appliance Buyers Credit Corp. v. Zdeb

The plaintiff finance company brought this action against the defendant to recover certain funds loaned to him to finance his purchase of television sets and other appliances. The defendant raised as an affirmative defense his discharge in bankruptcy but the trial court found that “* * * the Defendant’s conduct demonstrated a wilful and malicious injury by him to property of the plaintiff, and his debt to the plaintiff is therefore not dischargeable in bankruptcy, in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 17 of the Bankruptcy Act of the United States.” Judgment in the amount of $26,176.87 was…