In re Collins
District Court, N.D. Illinois
In bankruptcy.. This was a motion by Charles Botto, a creditor of the bankrupt, a married woman, to set aside and dismiss the bankruptcy proceedings. contended that a claim against a married woman is in the nature of a charge against her estate, not a debt against her, and that she has not the capacity to contract debts; citing Carpenter v. Mitchell, 54 Ill. 127; Parent v. Callerand [64 HI. 97].
1Opinion of the Court
BLODGETT, District Judge.
On the 28th day of November last, Harriet E. Collins, of this city, filed her petition before the register in bankruptcy for this district, asking to be adjudged a bankrupt. It was a voluntary proceeding on her part, setting forth that she was insolvent and unable to pay her debts, and bringing herself, as far as the petition appeared, strictly within the bankrupt law. The adjudication was entered and the proceedings went on under the usual pro forma course until the 14th of December, when Mr. Charles Botto appeared in this court and represented, by his petition and…
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