Wilson v. City Bank
Supreme Court of the United States
On certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota; the case being thus: The Bankrupt Act of 1867* provides in the earlier part of it, that if any persons residing within the jurisdiction of the United States, shall apply by petition to the judge of the judicial district in which he has resided, &c., settipg forth “his inability to pay all his debts in full, his willingness to sui'render all his ‘estate and effects,…
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On certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota; the case being thus: The Bankrupt Act of 1867* provides in the earlier part of it, that if any persons residing within the jurisdiction of the United States, shall apply by petition to the judge of the judicial district in which he has resided, &c., settipg forth “his inability to pay all his debts in full, his willingness to sui'render all his ‘estate and effects, for the benefit of his creditors,” and his desire to obtain the benefits of the act, he may, after certain proceedings…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
The questions presented to this cou-rt by the certificate of division require, for a satisfactory answer, a careful consideration and construction of sections thirty-five and thirty-nine .of the Bankrupt law, witff^ reference to the general spirit aud purpose of that law. I'h looking to these the first and most imnortant consideration which demands our attention is the discrimination made by the act between the cases of voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy. In both classes of cases undoubtedly the primary object is to secure a just distribution of the bankrupt’s property among his creditors,…
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