 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Thomas Sergeant, William Rawle - 1821 - 648 pages
...By the constitution of the United States this power is given to Congress. Art. 1. sect. 8. provides, that Congress shall have power to " establish uniform, "laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United " States.''' Congress have exclusive power in three cases ; 1.... | |
 | 1829 - 418 pages
...Bankrupt Law. 35 ART. II.— ON 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... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1883 - 926 pages
...of the constitution of 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... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - 1866 - 810 pages
...must always exist in the general government of a commercial State ; and this Constitution provides that " Congress shall have power . . to establish . . . uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States." (m) As this does not expressly and precisely declare... | |
 | Edwin John James - 1867 - 348 pages
...by law for holding such courts. Constitutionality of a Bankrupt jLaw. — The Federal Constitution declares that Congress shall have power to establish " uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States." — Art. 1, Sec. 8. This power has lain dormant, except... | |
 | Frederick Charles Brightly - 1869 - 680 pages
...any suit pending therein diction 1 ruptcy. baukPmvers of the courts. (a) The constitution provides that congress shall have power to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States. Art. I. sect. 8. Under this clause, the power to pass... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, Hiram Edward Sickels - 1872 - 788 pages
...notwithstanding his discharge in bankruptcy ? The Constitution of the United States confers upon Congress, power to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States. This, like all other powers, is exclusive when exercised by congress. By the thirty-fourth section of the... | |
 | Caspar Thomas Hopkins - 1872 - 324 pages
...displayed, than in our treatment of the unfortunate but honest debtor. The Federal Constitution provides f that " Congress shall have power to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout * Blackstone, II, 473. See also, Leviticus xxv : 39, 47 ; and Matt, xviii... | |
 | Samuel Alfred Foot - 1873 - 518 pages
...legislative body can pass laws which operate througbout the United States. When, therefore, the Constitution declares that Congress shall have power to "establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States," it substantially declares that Congress only shall have... | |
 | 1874 - 742 pages
...states. The right to pass a bankrupt law is contained in article 1, section 8, of the Constitution, which declares that congress shall have power to establish " uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States." In the exercise of this power congress enacted a general... | |
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Congress shall have power * * * to establish * * * uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States. 
