Walsh v. Nourse
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was a motion to enter an exoneretur upon the bail piece* 1 * The debt in this case was contracted in New Tori, where the plaintiffs resided.
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THIS was a motion to enter an exoneretur upon the bail piece* 1 * The debt in this case was contracted in New Tori, where the plaintiffs resided. The defendant an inhabitant of town, was discharged on the 7th of August 1811, under act of Congress of the 3d of March 1803, an insolvent for the District of Columbia, which merely liberated the son, and prevented its future arrest, but did not discharge the debt. . After this motion was made, allegations of fraud were filed against the insolvent, in the proper court in Washington, with a view to vacate the certificate; and while these proceedings…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This is a motion for an exoneretur on the bail piece. The debt for which the plaintiffs sue, was contracted in New York where they reside. The defendant has been discharged from imprisonment at Washington in the District of Columbia, by virtue of an act of congress for the relief of insolvent debtors within the District of Columbia, passed the 3d of March 1803. By this act the person of the debtor is discharged from imprisonment, on making an assignment of all his estate for the benefit of his creditors; but any property which he may afterwards acquire, remains liable to the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Emory v. GrenoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1798
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