The National Bankruptcy Register Reports: Containing All the Important Bankruptcy Decisions in the United States, Volume 1J.R. McDivitt, 1874 - Bankruptcy |
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... statute ought not to be interpreted as extending to the staying of any suit or proceedings to collect , or enforce , or sat- isfy a debt which cannot be discharged if any other interpre- tation is consistent with the language . If the ...
... statute ought not to be interpreted as extending to the staying of any suit or proceedings to collect , or enforce , or sat- isfy a debt which cannot be discharged if any other interpre- tation is consistent with the language . If the ...
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... statute as the decisive time . The debt must exist at that time or it cannot be proved . If it exists then , but is not payable till afterwards , and is not a debt running with interest , that is , if , for instance , it is a promissory ...
... statute as the decisive time . The debt must exist at that time or it cannot be proved . If it exists then , but is not payable till afterwards , and is not a debt running with interest , that is , if , for instance , it is a promissory ...
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... statute intends that the debt shall be proved for the amount of the principal , and of the interest thereon to the time of the adjudication of bankruptcy . In the present case , as the items composing the claim were all of them due and ...
... statute intends that the debt shall be proved for the amount of the principal , and of the interest thereon to the time of the adjudication of bankruptcy . In the present case , as the items composing the claim were all of them due and ...
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... statute does not require that such an interval should elapse , yet it could not be pretended that a publication on a Friday and another on the succeeding Monday was a publi- cation once a week for two successive weeks ; " and the cases ...
... statute does not require that such an interval should elapse , yet it could not be pretended that a publication on a Friday and another on the succeeding Monday was a publi- cation once a week for two successive weeks ; " and the cases ...
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... statute of limitations of the State of New York ; all the notes embraced in it having been due before October , 1854 , and no payments having been made thereon , and the debt In re William H. Knoepfel . having been incurred in NATIONAL ...
... statute of limitations of the State of New York ; all the notes embraced in it having been due before October , 1854 , and no payments having been made thereon , and the debt In re William H. Knoepfel . having been incurred in NATIONAL ...
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Page 669 - No association shall make any loan or discount on the security of the shares of its own capital stock, nor be the purchaser or holder of any such shares, unless such security or purchase shall be necessary to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted in good faith...
Page 472 - The taking, receiving, reserving, or charging a rate of interest greater than is allowed by the preceding section, when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid thereon.
Page 584 - And no creditor whose debt is provable under this act shall be allowed to prosecute to final judgment any suit at law or in equity therefor against the bankrupt until the question of the debtor's discharge shall have been determined. And any such suit or proceedings shall, upon the application of the bankrupt, be stayed to await the determination of the court in bankruptcy on the question of the discharge...
Page 532 - ... to appear and show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted...
Page 384 - ... his property to be taken on legal process, with intent to give a preference to one or more of his creditors...
Page 671 - ... every person becoming a shareholder by such transfer shall, in proportion to his shares, succeed to all the rights and liabilities of the prior holder of such shares, and no change shall be made in the articles of association by which the rights, remedies, or security of the existing creditors of the association shall be impaired.
Page 632 - ... he shall be admitted as a creditor only for the balance of the debt after deducting the value of such property, to be ascertained by agreement between him and the assignee, or by a sale thereof, to be made in such manner as the court shall direct...
Page 668 - An act to provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof," approved June third, eighteen hundred and sixtyfour.
Page 472 - When no rate is fixed by the laws of the state or territory or district, the bank may take, receive, reserve, or charge a rate not exceeding seven per centum, and such interest may be taken in advance, reckoning the days for which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt has to run.
Page 34 - ... if the amount due the creditor is in dispute, the suit, by leave of the court in bankruptcy, may proceed to judgment for the purpose of ascertaining the amount due, which amount may be proved in bankruptcy, but execution shall be stayed as aforesaid.