Reed v. Vaughan
Supreme Court of Missouri
ERROR to St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. STATEMENT OP THE CASE. This was an application to the chancery court for an injunction against a judgment at law. The suit was originally begun in the St. Louis circuit court, but was subsequently transferred to the common pleas court.
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ERROR to St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. STATEMENT OP THE CASE. This was an application to the chancery court for an injunction against a judgment at law. The suit was originally begun in the St. Louis circuit court, but was subsequently transferred to the common pleas court. The grounds for the injunction, as set forth in the bill, Were, that the petitioner had, on the 2d of March, 1843, made application to the United States district court at Washington City, for the benefit of the bankrupt law, and that on the 3d of July, 1843, a decree was rendered in his favor, and a certificate of…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.
This cause involves the force and effect of a certificate in bankruptcy, under the laws of the U. States. The precise question is, whether a certificate, relied on as a defence against the debt due by the bankrupt, the creditor can impeach by pleading facts which show, that the court, by which the certificate was granted, had no jurisdiction of the application for a discharge, even though the facts may appear upon the face of the record which gives the court jurisdiction. The courts of the U. States, though possessing a limited jurisdiction, yet, in the intendment of law, stand upon the same…
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