Wood v. Malin

The defendant having been arrested on a capias ad respondendum, in an action on the case for goods, wares and merchandize, sold and delivered, as appears by the affidavit for bail, has, applied to be permitted to file common bail, upon the ground that since the making of the contract, he has been discharged from imprisonment, under an act previously passed for the relief of insolvent debtors, in the'state of New York, where the debt was contracted, and where both parties resided at the time of the contract and. of the discharge.

The effect of the discharge of an insolvent debtor, and the…