Legal Opinion

Hill v. Harding

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 13, 1889No. 253PublishedCited by 79 opinions

' ERRO i TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. This was aü action of assurdpsit, commenced by Harding and others against Hill in an inferior court of the State of Illinois, in accordance with the statutes of the State, by attachment of the defendant’s real estate.

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' ERRO i TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. This was aü action of assurdpsit, commenced by Harding and others against Hill in an inferior court of the State of Illinois, in accordance with the statutes of the State, by attachment of the defendant’s real estate. The attachment was dissolved, in accordance with those statutes, by the defendaht giving bond, or, more strictly .speaking, entering into a recognizance, with sureties, conditioned to pay to the plaintiffs “ the amount of the judgment and costs which may be rendered against him in this suit on a final trial hereof, within…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gbay

The question presented by this writ of error is quite distinct from that which arose when the case was before this court at a former term, as reported in 107 U. S. 631. The only point then decided was that the defendant, on his application made after verdict and before judgment, was entitled to a stay of proceedings to await the determination of the court in. bankruptcy upon the question of his discharge. The question not then passed upon, and now presented, is whether, since he has obtained his discharge in bankruptcy, there is anything in the provisions of the Bankrupt Act to prevent the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Peck v. JennessSupreme Court of the United States · 1849
  2. Wolf v. StixSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  3. Hill v. HardingSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  4. Doe v. ChildressSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  5. Barnstable Savings Bank v. HigginsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878

3Cited by79 opinions

  1. Metcalf v. BarkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  2. Grand Union Equipment Co. v. LippnerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
  3. Rosenthal v. NoveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
  4. Marshall Paper Co. v. TrainCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1900
  5. Marx v. HartSupreme Court of Missouri · 1902

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