THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
On March 8, 1943, Alberta Mellon obtained a judgment by default in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, against John G. Alvers and Jefferson S. Harrison. The judgment was for $10,000 actual damages and $5,000 punitive damages. Thereafter, on May 20, 1943, Harrison filed a petition in bankruptcy in the district court and on the same day was duly adjudicated a bankrupt. He listed the judgment against him as an unsecured debt. June 5...
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