Manning and Wife v. Keyes

Dureee, J. It was held, under tbe bankrupt act of 1841, that a judgment in a court of law obtained in an action of tort was a debt dischargeable under and by force of tbe bankrupt law. Samuel Bork, in Bankruptcy, 3 McLean, (Cir. Ct.) 217; and see Comstock v. Graat, 17 Vt. 512 ; Crouch v. Gridley, 6 Hill, (N. Y.) 259. In this case, tbe judgment was in an action of trespass for assault and battery, and, therefore, not being within tbe exceptions specified in tbe 33d section of tbe act of 1867, we think it is a debt dischargeable under that act. We will direct that execution be stayed till further order. Execution stayed.