In re Richardson
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[In the matter of Joseph Richardson and another, bankrupts.] The following statement of facts, and the question arising thereon, was adjourned into this court from the district court of Massachusetts, to wit: The petition for a decree of bankruptcy, in this case, was filed about noon of the third day of March, A. D. 1843, and due notice thereof was ordered and published, and the same was duly proved in court, on the second Tuesday of May following, being the time and place…
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[In the matter of Joseph Richardson and another, bankrupts.] The following statement of facts, and the question arising thereon, was adjourned into this court from the district court of Massachusetts, to wit: The petition for a decree of bankruptcy, in this case, was filed about noon of the third day of March, A. D. 1843, and due notice thereof was ordered and published, and the same was duly proved in court, on the second Tuesday of May following, being the time and place appointed for _±-i-the hearing of said petition. The act of congress, entitled “An act to repeal the bankrupt act,” was…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
The present question embraces some novelty as to the interpretation of statutes, and the time of giving them effect. It appears, from the statement of facts, that the petition in this case for the benefit of the bankrupt act of 1841, c. 9, was filed on the third day of March, 1843, about noon; and that the act of third of March, 1843, c. 82, repealing the bankrupt act, passed congress, and was approved by the president, late in the evening of the same day. The language, of this last act is, “That the act entitled ‘An act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy…
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