Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1853

Uran v. Houdlette

Uran v. Houdlette
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Decided July 1, 1853 · Appleton, Howard, Shepley, Tenney
36 Me. 15

Uran v. Houdlette

Opinion of the Court

Howard, J.—

The note of the defendant Was merged and extinguished by the judgment. That having been rendered Upon the note, after he had filed his petition for a discharge in bankruptcy, it constitutes a debt, originating at the time, and was not provable under the commission. Consequently the discharge was no bar to the judgment, and furnishes no defence to this action. Holbrook v. Foss, 27 Maine, 441; Pike v. McDonald, 32 Maine, 418.

Judgment for the plaintiff.

Shepley. C. J., and Tenney and Appleton, J. J., concurred.

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