Case Name: Ely v. Curtis
Court: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1881-06
Citations: 60 N.H. 513
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ely v. Curtis.
Judges: Stanley and Blodgett, JJ.,did not sit: the others concurred.
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 60
Pages: 513–513

Head Matter:
Ely v. Curtis.
The fraud by which a debt is created, and a discharge of it prevented in bankruptcy, under U. S. Rev. St., s. 5117, is actual, and not mere fraud in law.
Assumpsit. The plaintiff contended that the debt was not discharged in bankruptcy because created by the defendant’s fraud. Facts found by a referee.
Barnard Sg Barnard, for the plaintiff.
hi. B. S. Sanborn, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Doe, C. J.
The fraud must be actual, and not mere fraud in law. Neal v. Clark, 95 U. S. 704; Wolf v. Stix, 99 U. S. 1, 7. The referee has reported evidence, and has not decided the general question of fraud.
Case discharged.
Stanley and Blodgett, JJ.,did not sit: the others concurred.