32 Me. 418 | Me. | 1851
It appears by the agreed statement, that
One of the defendants, John E. McDonald, filed his petition to be declared a bankrupt on February 22, 1843, and such proceedings were had thereon, that he obtained his discharge as a bankrupt on February 17, 1846.
The promissory note made to Pease might have been proved against John E. McDonald in bankruptcy, but instead of presenting his bankruptcy to prevent a recovery against him by Pease, he suffered that judgment to be recovered.
The promissory note" became merged in and extinguished by the judgment, which became a new debt accruing since the petition in bankruptcy was filed, and not provable in bankruptcy, as decided in the case of Holbrook v. Foss, 27 Maine, 441.
That judgment being a debt, which the defendant, John E. McDonald, was legally bound to pay, has been satisfied by the plaintiff, as surety for the defendants, and he is therefore entitled to recover a judgment against John E. McDonald as well as against the other defendant.
Defendants defaulted.