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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, Â§ 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):