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- Title: Gleason v. Thaw
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 23, 1915
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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The question for determination is whether the professional services of an attorney and counselor at law are property within the meaning of paragraph 2, § 17, of the Bankruptcy Act (30 Stat. 544, 550), as amended in 1903 (32 Stat. 797, 798), which excepts from the general release of a discharge "liabilities for obtaining property by false pretenses or false representations." The essential facts, in the words of the Circuit Court of Appeals, are these (196 Fed. Rep., p. 360):