Dusar v. Murgatroyd

(charging jury). It is greatly to be wondered at, that so little satisfactory information is .to be derived on this subject, from the decisions of the courts in England, where bankrupt laws have so long existed. The cases which have been cited, are not only of modern date in general, but are inapplicable to the present case. They have generally arisen on contingent debts, debts not due at the time of the bankruptcy, or cases where the creditor had an election to sue, as for a tort, or for money had and received. There is no contingency in the present demand, no action but the present could…