Jones v. . Crittenden

The law of which the defendant claims the benefit was passed in 1812, and provides that any court rendering judgment against a debtor for debt or damages between 31 December in that year and 1 February, 1814, shall stay the same until the first term or session of the court after the latter period, upon the defendant's giving two freeholders as securities. The act also contains sundry details not necessary to be recited.

In deciding the momentous question whether the will of the Legislature, as expressed in this act, be incompatible with the will of the people as expressed in their fundamental…