 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Thomas Sergeant, William Rawle - 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... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - 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,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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 It was, however, repealed... | |
 | Thomas Francis Gordon - 1837 - 886 pages
...Wheaton, 186, 189, 193, 196, 198, 215, 216, 219. 54. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and m coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures.(l)... | |
 | J. B. Shurtleff - 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... | |
 | Daniel Chipman - 1846 - 422 pages
...several states, and with the Indian tribes ; — to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy, throughout the United States ; — to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 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... | |
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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. 
