Synopsis of Cases in Bankruptcy, Filed in the U.S. District Court, Sitting at Austin, Texas: Showing Those Referred to the Register and Acted Upon and Those Still Waiting to be Referred |
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1868 Residence Anderson Assignees Attorneys Austin bankrupt act bankrupt law bankruptcy Bastrop county Bexar county Bowers & Walker Brazos county Brenham Buford Henry Burleson county Chandler & Carleton committee Cordova county Walker county disch'd E. A. McCracken Falls county Fayette county filed Freestone county Gonzales county Grimes county Guadalupe county Hancock & West J. B. Rector J. C. West J. D. McAdoo James June Kennard & Hutchinson L. B. Hightower Leon county McAdoo & Breedlove McLennan county Milam county Moore & Shelly Morris & Adams Navarro county Navasota P. B. Carter Parker & Miller Preston & Smith R. A. Smith R. J. Loyless RED-Continued Robert McCright Rowand Feb S. C. Upshaw S. H. Renick Sayles & Bassett Sept Shannon Stewart & Shelly T. B. Wheeler Texas Thomas Travis county W. B. Ford W. H. Randolph W. L. Robards Washington county William Williamson county Willis Wilson & Bradley
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Page 7 - January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, no discharge shall be granted to a debtor whose assets shall not be equal to fifty per centum of the claims proved against his estate upon which he shall be liable as the principal debtor, unless the assent in writing of a majority in number and value of his creditors...
Page 3 - Declaration of Independence, respectfully reports: " That, in the judgment of the Committee, it is not expedient to attempt to restore the manuscript by chemical means, partly because such methods of restoration are at best imperfect and uncertain in their results, and partly because the Committee believes that the injury to the document in question is due, not merely to the fading of the ink employed, but also...
Page 5 - OF THE BANKRUPT'S DISCHARGE AND ITS EFFECT. SEC. 29. And be it further enacted, That at any time after the expiration of six months from the adjudication of bankruptcy, or if no debts have been proved against the bankrupt, or if no assets have come to the hands of the assignee, at any time after the expiration of sixty days, and within one year from the adjudication of bankruptcy, the bankrupt may apply to the court for a discharge from his debts...
Page 7 - America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of second clause of the thirty-third section of said act shall not apply to the cases of proceedings in bankruptcy commenced prior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and the time during which the operation of the provisions of said clause is postponed shall be extended until said first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. And said clause is hereby so amended as to read as follows : In all proceedings in bankruptcy...
Page 6 - ... or other disposition of any part of his property to any person who then has reasonable cause to believe him to be insolvent, or to be acting in contemplation of insolvency, and that...
Page 7 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the second clause of the thirty-third section of said act, as amended by the first...