 No creditor whose debt is provable shall be allowed to prosecute to final judgment any suit at law or in equity therefor against the bankrupt until the question of the debtor's discharge shall have been determined ; and any such suit or proceedings shall,...  The American Law Times Reports - Page 1071874Full view - About this book
 | Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors - 1883 - 658 pages
...creditor, whose debt is provable, shall be allowed to prosecute to final judgment any suit at law or in equity therefor against the bankrupt, until the question...debtor's discharge shall have been determined; and any Rood B. Stevens. such suit or proceeding shall, upon the application of the bankrupt, be stayed to... | |
 | 1867 - 498 pages
...debt is provable under this act shall bo allowed to prosecute to final judgment any suit at law or in equity therefor against the bankrupt, until the question...determined ; and any such suit or proceedings shall, npoa the application of the bankrupt, be stayed to await the determination of the court in bankruptcy... | |
 | Frederick Charles Brightly - 1869 - 680 pages
...debt is provable under this act, shall be allowed to prosecute to final judgment any suit at law or in and otherwise promote the cause of" educa- 2 March...progress of education in the several states and territor discharge,(fc) provided there be no unreasonable delay on the part of the bankrupt in endeavoring to... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1869 - 654 pages
...debt is provable under this act, shall be allowed to prosecute to final judgment any suit at law or in equity therefor against the bankrupt until the question...determined ; and any such suit or proceedings shall, upon application of the bankrupt, be stayed to await the determination of the court in bankruptcy on the... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit) - 1870 - 642 pages
...debt is provable under this Act shall be allowed to prosecute to final judgment any suit at law, or in equity, therefor, against the bankrupt, until the...Court in bankruptcy on the question of the discharge." It will thus be seen, that a manifest distinction is made between a creditor who has proved his debt... | |
 | 1870 - 590 pages
...debt is provable under this act shall be allowed to prosecute to tinal judgment any suit at law or in equity therefor against the bankrupt, until the question...or proceedings, shall, upon the. application of the b mkrupt, be stayed to await the determination of the court in bankruptcy on the question of the discharge,... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1870 - 582 pages
...creditors where debt is provable under this Act shall be allowed to prosecute to final judgment any suit in law or equity therefor against the bankrupt, until...discharge shall have been determined, and any such suit or proceeding shall, upon the application of the bankrupt, be stayed." But such suspension of legal proceedings... | |
 | Robert Dewey Benedict, Benjamin Lincoln Benedict - 1870 - 624 pages
...debt is provable under this act shall be allowed to prosecute to final judgment any suit at law or in equity therefor against the bankrupt, until the question...the debtor's discharge shall have been determined." This is a very clear provision, the object of which is to prevent a race of diligence between creditors,... | |
 | 1886 - 546 pages
...remedy whereby the suit in the lower court might, upon the application of the defendant, have been stayed to await the determination of the court in bankruptcy on the question of the discharge, and judgment therein prevented, is no longer an open question. Rev. Stat. U. 8., S 5108; Hillv. Harding,... | |
 | Austin Abbott - 1870 - 570 pages
...debt is provable under this act, shall be allowed to prosecute to final judgment any suit at law or in equity therefor against the bankrupt, until the question...the debtor's discharge shall have been determined."* The discharge which was granted the defendant affects the plaintiffs' debt. It is true that the section... | |
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