 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Thomas Sergeant, William Rawle - Law reports, digests, etc - 1821 - 648 pages
...credit is an instance of the former — and the latter is exemplified in the power given to Congress to establish uniform laws, on the subject of bankruptcy, throughout the United States. But there is this difference in the two cases : when the prohibition is express, all power oi the States... | |
 | e. & g.w. blunt - 1828 - 884 pages
...supreme court of the United States. He thought that the regulation of the whole subject, was confined to congress. The power " to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy," was a power to declare who shall become a bankrupt, as well as what acts shall constitute bankruptcy,... | |
 | e. & g.w. blunt - 1828 - 884 pages
...supreme court of the United States. He thought that the regulation of the whole subject, was confined to congress. The power " to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy," was a power to declare who shall become a bankrupt, as well as what acts shall constitute bankruptcy,... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - History - 1828 - 880 pages
...supreme court of the United States. He thought that the regulation of the whole subject, was confined to congress. The power " to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy," was a power to declare who shall become a bankrupt, as well as what acts shall constitute bankruptcy,... | |
 | Law - 1829 - 418 pages
...A NATIONAL BANKRUPT LAW. THE constitution of the United States provides, that ' Congress shall have power to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy throughout the United States.' In pursuance of this power, a bankrupt law was passed by Congress in 1800. It was, however, repealed... | |
 | J. B. Shurtleff - United States - 1846 - 210 pages
...order to be upon an equal footing, in this respect, with native citizens. BANKRUPT LAWS. Congress has power to establish " uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy, throughout the United States." Merchants and other individuals are exposed to sudden and heavy losses which no human foresight can... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1883 - 926 pages
...Hill, administrator, vs. Sheibley. the United States, by which it is provided that congress shall have power to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy throughout the United States; and contrary to the act of Congress and the amendments thereto establishing a uniform sytem of bankruptcy... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1847 - 668 pages
...conflict with the eighth section of the first article of the constitution of the United States, conferring upon Congress the power to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy ; nor with the tenth section of the same article, which prohibits to the States the power of enacting... | |
 | J. B. Shurtleff - United States - 1857 - 210 pages
...order to be upon an equal footing, in this respect, with native citizens. BANKRUPT LAWS. Congress has power to establish " uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy, throughout the United States." Merchants and other individuals are exposed to sudden and heavy losses which no human foresight can... | |
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States, which, although prohibiting states from passing laws impairing the obligation of contracts, allows congress "to establish . . . uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy throughout the United States. 
