Fall River Whaling Co. v. Borden

These cases have been submitted upon learned and elaborate printed arguments; and they came before the court in virtue of the general superintendence and jurisdiction conferred by the statutes for the relief of insolvent debtors, which empower us in all cases arising under those acts, and upon the petition of any party aggrieved in the premises, to hear and determine the matter as a court of chancery, and to make such order therein as law and justice shall require. 1838, c. 163, § 18. How far, precisely, the jurisdiction thus granted to this court extends, has not yet been decided. Suffice it…