Ruiz v. Eickerman

Treat, D. J.

A' demurrer is interposed to the answer of Eickerman, ydio pleads discharge in bankruptcy. The plaintiff is an alien non-resident, insisting upon his demand against the defendant, and that a discharge in bankruptcy under the laws of the United States does not relieve the defendant of plaintiff’s demand. The proposition involved pertains to international laws, concerning which there ought to be no discord. If the cases of insolvent laws as among the states of this country, inter sese, are considered, the fullest exposition of which is given in Cook v. Moffet, 5 How. 307, or, as to…