In the Matter of James v. Pappas, Bankrupt. Merchants National Bank & Trust Company of Indianapolis v. James v. Pappas

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• holding “[t]hat where the bankrupt is entrusted with money to be used for a specific purpose, and he has no apparent intention of using the money for that purpose, then a misrepresentation clearly exists upon which a debt can be properly held non-dischargeable.”
• where a debtor is entrusted with money to be used for a specific purpose and he has no apparent intention of using the money for that purpose, then a misrepresentation exists upon which a debt can be properly held non-dischargeable
• “[W]here the bankrupt is entrusted with money to be used for a specific purpose, and he has no apparent intention of using the money for that purpose, then a misrepresentation clearly exists upon which a debt can be properly held non- dischargeable.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).