Treadwell v. Holloway
Synopsis
Discharge Undeb Bankrupt Act.'—Under the Bankrupt Act of the United States, a discharge cannot be obtained from a debt created while acting in a fiduciary character.
Debating Debt in a Fiduciary Charaoteb.—One who receives goods consigned to him on commission to be sold, and the proceeds, less commissions, to be transmitted to the consignor, if he sells the goods and fails to transmit the money, creates a debt in a fiduciary capacity.
By the Court: The question made by counsel as to whether, upon the facts appearing, the debt from the defendants to the plaintiffs “ was created by fraud ” need not be considered. Whether originating in fraud or not, it is clear that it rusulted from .transactions of a fiduciary character. The thirty-third section of the Bankrupt Act provides that no [549]debt created by the fraud or embezzlement of the bankrupt, or by his defalcation as a public officer, or while acting in any fiduciary character, shall be discharged under its provisions.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded, with directions to render judgment for the plaintiffs according to the stipulation.
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