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Jackson ex dem. Pintard v. Bodle

New York Supreme Court

Decided August 15, 1822PublishedCited by 10 opinions

EJECTMENT to recover lot No. II, in the sixth division of the Minisinlc patent, tried at the Orange Circuit, in September, 1820, before Mr. Justice Woodworth. The plaintiff produced evidence, by which he deduced a title to John Pintará, one of the lessors.

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EJECTMENT to recover lot No. II, in the sixth division of the Minisinlc patent, tried at the Orange Circuit, in September, 1820, before Mr. Justice Woodworth. The plaintiff produced evidence, by which he deduced a title to John Pintará, one of the lessors. The defendant then read ™ evidence an exemplification of the proceedings under the late bankrupt law of the United States, against John Pintard, (the lessor,) as a bankrupt; by which it appeared, that ^e commission was issued in July, 1800, and that the bankrupt executed an assignment, pursuant to the statute, dated * ° r ... May 29, 1807,…

1Opinion of the Court

Spencer, Ch, J.

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The plaintiff’s right to recover depends entirely on the effect of the discharge to John Pintará, and the assignment made to Cummings and Baldwin, under the insolvent proceedings in Mew-Jersey ; for it does not admit of a doubt, that the assignment, under the bankrupt act, by the commissioners of bankruptcy, to Moore and Farquhar, the assignees of Pintará, passed all the estate and interest of Pintará in the premises. The act repealing the bankrupt act, contained savings and provisos in favour of such cases as were then pending ; and this case…

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  1. Jackson ex dem. M'Crea v. DunlapNew York Supreme Court · 1799

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