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" The person of a debtor, where there is not strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. "
Smull's Legislative Hand Book and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania - Page 123
1876
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Debates of the Convention to Amend the Constitution of ..., Volume 3

Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1873 - 830 pages
...SUCTION 15. That no commision of oyer and terminer or jail delivery shall be issued. SECTION 10. That the person of a debtor, where there is not strong...his creditors in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. SECTION 17. That no ex post fació law nor any law impairing contracts or making irrevocable...
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The General Statutes of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Kentucky - Kentucky - 1873 - 986 pages
...suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. SEC. 17. That the person of a debtor, where there is not strong...his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. SEC. 1 8. That no ex post facto law, nor any law impairing contracts, shall be made. SEC. 19....
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Pennsylvania Archives

History - 1901 - 1132 pages
...require it. Sec. XV. No commission of Oyer and Terminer or jail delivery shall be issued. Sec. XVI. The person of a debtor, where there is not strong...his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. Sec. XVII. No ex post facto law, nor any law impairing contracts shall be made. [See 3 Dall....
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Atlantic Reporter, Volume 38

Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 1200 pages
...rather, by implication, recognizes the power. Article 1, § 11, to which he refers, reads as follows: "The person of a debtor, where there is not strong presumption of fraud, ought not to be continued in prison, after he shall have delivered up his property for the benefit...
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Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Alabama ..., Volume 18, Part 1895

Alabama State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1895 - 182 pages
...that "the person of a debtor, where there is not a strong presumption of fraud, shall not be detained in prison after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such a manner as may be prescribed by law ;" and it has been held that this provision did not prohibit imprisonment...
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Reports of Civil and Criminal Cases Decided by the ..., Volume 31; Volume 139

Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 966 pages
...the Constitution. The only provision it makes on this subject is as follows : Rebhan v. Fuhrman. ' ' The person of a debtor where there is not strong presumption...prison after delivering up his estate for the benefit cf his creditors in such manner as shall be prescribed by law." (Section 18.) Pursuant to this provision...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 20

Rhode Island. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 942 pages
...rather by implication recognizes the power. Art. 1, Sec. 11, to which he refers, reads as follows : "The person of a debtor, where there is not strong presumption of fraud, ought not to be continued in prison, after he shall have delivered up his property for the benefit...
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Report

Pennsylvania. Commission on Constitutional Revision - Constitutional amendments - 1959 - 238 pages
...cases. Section 16 - Insolvent Debtors Current Recommended The person of a debtor, where No Change, there is not strong presumption of fraud, shall not...his creditors in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. Section 17 - Ex Post Facto Laws — Impairment of Contracts Current Recommended No ex post...
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Conflicts of Law: International And Interstate: Selected Essays

Law - 1972 - 432 pages
...Carolina and Pennsylvania Constitutions of 1776 provided that "the person of a debtor, where there is no strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison after delivering up, bona fide, all his estate real and personal, for the use of his creditors, in such manner as shall...
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Legal Papers of Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson - Biography & Autobiography - 1987 - 494 pages
...Constitution of 1796 adopted a reform viewpoint by providing that the person of a debtor, where there is not a strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison, after delivering upon his estate for the benefit of his creditor or creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed...
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