The National Bankruptcy Register Reports: Containing All the Important Bankruptcy Decisions in the United States, Volume 6

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William A. Shinn
J.R. McDivitt, 1874 - Bankruptcy

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Page 121 - But no person shall be arrested in one district for trial in another in any civil action before a circuit or district court; and no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant...
Page 12 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to annul, destroy, or impair any lawful rights of married women, or minors, or any liens, mortgages, or other securities on property, real or personal, which may be valid by the laws of the States respectively, and which are not inconsistent with the provisions of the second and fifth sections of this act.
Page 288 - But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 597 - ... the court shall have power to deal with the costs of incompetent, immaterial or irrelevant depositions, or parts of them, as may be just.
Page 422 - ... to appear and show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted...
Page 135 - ... give something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum in writing of the contract be made and signed by the party to be charged or his agent in that behalf.
Page 268 - ... for -all debts which shall be due and owing by the company at the time of its dissolution, the persons then composing such company shall be individually responsible to the extent of their respective shares of stock in the said company, and no further...
Page 25 - And the jurisdiction hereby conferred shall extend to all cases and controversies arising between the bankrupt and any creditor or creditors, who shall claim any debt or demand under the bankruptcy; to the collection of all the assets of the bankrupt; to the ascertainment and liquidation of the liens and other specific claims thereon...
Page 407 - ... of the liens and other specific claims thereon; to the adjustment of the various priorities and conflicting interests of all parties; and to the marshaling and disposition of the different funds and assets, so as to secure the rights of all parties and due distribution of the assets among all the creditors...
Page 382 - ... made with a view to prevent his property from coming to his assignee in bankruptcy, or to prevent the same from being distributed under this act...

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