Wagner v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United -States for the District of Kentucky. Habeas corpus. On May 1, 1899, Charles S. Houston; a bankrupt, filed a petition in bankruptcy in tbe district court of the United States for the district of Kentucky.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United -States for the District of Kentucky. Habeas corpus. On May 1, 1899, Charles S. Houston; a bankrupt, filed a petition in bankruptcy in tbe district court of the United States for the district of Kentucky. In his schedule of debts, attached to his petition, it is stated: That the Campbell circuit court on January 14, 1899, rendered a decree of divorce in favor of Patti W. Houston, wife of the bankrupt, and also then, and again on January 27, 1899, entered a judgment or decree granting her an allowance of $5 per week as alimony, payable weekly. Of…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, Circuit Judge
There can he no question that, under the constitution and laws of the United States, exclusive power is given to the courts of the United States in matters of bankruptcy. By section 11 of the “act of 1898, to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States,” it is provided that a suit which is founded upon a claim from which a discharge would be a release, and which is pending against a person at the time of the filing of a petition against him, shall be stayed until after an adjudication or the dismissal of the petition. If such person is adjudged a bankrupt, then such…
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