The National Bankruptcy Register Reports: Containing All the Important Bankruptcy Decisions in the United States, Volume 6William A. Shinn J.R. McDivitt, 1874 - Bankruptcy |
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... payment of the debt due by their firm to those assignees ; that it was expressly understood that if the assignors ... pay the same to them , or , if it be paid to the said assignees , that it be so paid to their use . Evidence was ...
... payment of the debt due by their firm to those assignees ; that it was expressly understood that if the assignors ... pay the same to them , or , if it be paid to the said assignees , that it be so paid to their use . Evidence was ...
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... payment , which though it could not justify the transfer , would , we grant , in a literal but immaterial sense , disprove an actual intention to prefer . A man who believes he has but one creditor cannot intend to make a preference ...
... payment , which though it could not justify the transfer , would , we grant , in a literal but immaterial sense , disprove an actual intention to prefer . A man who believes he has but one creditor cannot intend to make a preference ...
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... pay all debts , while the sheriff only seeks the payment of the specific debt mentioned in his execution or attachment . Although I am not aware that this particular point has ever before been raised in this court , it has often been ...
... pay all debts , while the sheriff only seeks the payment of the specific debt mentioned in his execution or attachment . Although I am not aware that this particular point has ever before been raised in this court , it has often been ...
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... payment or transfer of his property made by him whilst in that condition , within four months previous to the filing of his petition , with a view to give a preference to a creditor , shall be void if the creditor has at the time ...
... payment or transfer of his property made by him whilst in that condition , within four months previous to the filing of his petition , with a view to give a preference to a creditor , shall be void if the creditor has at the time ...
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... pay one's debts at the time they fall due , in money , does not constitute insol- vency within the provisions of the bankrupt act . The argu- ment is especially addressed to language used by the district judge when speaking of the ...
... pay one's debts at the time they fall due , in money , does not constitute insol- vency within the provisions of the bankrupt act . The argu- ment is especially addressed to language used by the district judge when speaking of the ...
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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...