 | Law - 1902 - 458 pages
...manner, so far as possible, as though he had not died or become insane. It is provided in section 4a that any person who owes debts, except a corporation, shall be entitled to the benefits of the act as a voluntary bankrupt, and such general language would seemingly include the case of a lunatic,... | |
 | American literature - 1898 - 1252 pages
...months thereafter," or November I, 1898. The courts of bankruptcy are the L'nited States courts only. Any person who owes debts, except a corporation, shall be entitled to the benefits of the act as a voluntary bankrupt. Any natural person, except a wage-earner or a person engaged chiefly... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 2058 pages
...its sanatorium. Section 4 of the bankrupt act is as follows: "See. 4. Who May Become Banknipts. a. Any person who owes debts, except a corporation, shall...the benefits of this act as a voluntary bankrupt, b. Any natural person, except a wage-earner or a person engaged chiefly in farming or the tillage of... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 2026 pages
...of the Bankruptcy Act provides that "any person, except a municipal, railroad, insurance or banking corporation, shall be entitled to the benefits of this act as a voluntary bankrupt." Comp. St. § 9588. This language I*, plain and unambiguous and can have but one meaning. The Holland... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 1182 pages
...by the insolvent debtor, or by his creditors. Under the provisions of the federal law (section 4a), "any person who owes debts, except a corporation,...the benefits of this act as a voluntary bankrupt." And under said section 4b, with certain exceptions, any natural person, and certain corporations, owing... | |
 | Appellate courts - 1900 - 810 pages
...provides that "any qualified person may file a petition to be adjudged a voluntary bankrupt," and that "any person who owes debts, except a corporation, shall be entitled to the benelits of this act as a voluntary bankrupt." Id. § 4a. From these and other parts of the act it... | |
 | United States - 1898 - 36 pages
...allowed by the court, and paid by the obligors in such bond. Sec. 4. Who May Become Bankrupts. — o Any person who owes debts, except a corporation, shall...the benefits of this act as a voluntary bankrupt. b Any natural person, except a wage-earner or a person engaged chiefly in farming or the tillage of... | |
 | Henry Campbell Black - Bankruptcy - 1898 - 350 pages
...attachment." In re Merchants' Ins. Co., 3 Biss. 162, Fed. Cas. No. 9,441. WHO MAY BECOME BANKRUPTS. § 4. o Any person who owes debts, except a corporation, shall...the benefits of this act as a voluntary bankrupt. b Any natural person, except a wage-earner or a person engaged chiefly in farming or the tillage of... | |
 | Edwin Charles Brandenburg - Bankruptcy - 1898 - 744 pages
...allowed by the court, and paid by the obligors in such bond. SEC. 4. WHO MAY BECOME BANKRUPTS. — a. Any person who owes debts, except a corporation, shall...the benefits of this Act as a voluntary bankrupt. 6. Any natural person, except a wage-earner or a person engaged chiefly in farming or the tillage of... | |
 | Orlando Bump - Bankruptcy - 1898 - 998 pages
...voluntary petition, or who has heen adjudged a bankrupt. CH. 3, § 4. Who May Become Bankrupts. — (a) Any person who owes debts, except a corporation, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Act as a voluntan' bankrupt. CH. 4, § 18. * * * Judge or Keferee May Hear the Petition. — Upon the filing... | |
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Any natural person, except a wage-earner or a. person engaged chiefly in farming or the tillage of the soil, any unincorporated company, and any... 
