Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court May 20, 1899 (Parkman v. Bartlett)

Holmes, J.

This is an action upon a recognizance, given on December 2, 1897, by an arrested debtor, to appear within thirty days for examination. The debtor made default. Judgment in the original suit was rendered against him on February 7, 1898, and execution issued on March 7, 1898. On April 11, the debtor began proceedings in insolvency in which he afterwards got a discharge.