Index-digest of Bankruptcy Decisions: Containing the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1800 to 1899, and of the Federal and State Courts of Last Resort Under the Act of 1867

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Callaghan, 1899 - 496 páginas
 

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Página 209 - The rule of law is clear, that where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time.
Página 187 - That as soon as said assignee is appointed and qualified, the judge, or, where there is no opposing 'interest, the register, shall, by an instrument under his hand, assign and convey to the assignee all the estate, real and personal, of the bankrupt...
Página 262 - When a creditor has a mortgage or pledge of real or personal property of the bankrupt, or a lien thereon for securing the payment of a debt owing to him from the bankrupt, he shall be admitted as a creditor only for the balance of the debt...
Página 110 - As a creditors' bill, in the ordinary sense, the complaint is manifestly insufficient. The thresher company, however, plants itself upon the so-called "trust-fund" doctrine that the capital stock of a corporation is a trust fund for the payment of its debts; its contention being that such a "bonus...
Página 134 - ... and to all acts, matters, and things to be done under and in virtue of, the bankruptcy, until the final distribution and settlement of the estate of the bankrupt, and the close of the proceedings in bankruptcy.
Página 46 - State in which the action is brought permits the assignee of a chose in action to sue in his own name.
Página 449 - Words in a statute ought not to have a retrospective operation, unless they are so clear, strong, and imperative, that no other meaning can be annexed to them, or unless the intention of the legislature cannot be otherwise satisfied.
Página 391 - ... his property to be taken on legal process, with intent to give a preference to one or more of his creditors...
Página 455 - ... to await the determination of the court in bankruptcy on the question of the discharge...
Página 216 - And if such sale, assignment, transfer, or conveyance is not made in the usual and ordinary course of business of the debtor, the fact shall be prima facie evidence of fraud.

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