321 183 379 v. Kendall, 3 Story, 507 . Winter v. Iowa, etc. R. R. Co., 2 Dillon, 487 Wintringham v. Lafoy, 7 Cow. 735 Wise, Re, Cas. temp. King, 46 Wise's Appeal, 99 Penn. St. 193 Wolpert, Re, 1 N. B. N. 238 Wolverhampton Banking Co., Ex parte, 6 L. T. N. s. 207 Wood, Ex parte, 10 Ch. D. 554 . 171, 422 71 110, 368 64 305, 320 200 305, 319 388 342, 391 215 104 24 88 42 133, 317 220 200 262 209 126 320 102 59 59 21 155 10 77 36 91 116 PAGE Woodward v. Spurr, 141 Mass. 283 v. Towne, 127 Mass. 41. Woods, Re, 7 N. B. R. 126 Woolsey v. Cade, 15 N. B. R. 238 Re, 6 Biss. 317 v. Cohn, 88 Cal. 328 v. Dawson, 147 Mass. 348 v. Dunham, 9 Pick. 37 140 305 356 322 305 513 118 44, 45 233 200 39 216 219 157 29,90 246 211 e. Watkins, 2 G. Greene, 547 e. Worthley, 84 Maine, 182 Wright's Case, 6 DeG. M. & G. 795 Wucherer, Ex parte, 2 Dea. & Ch. 27 Wurtz v. Hart, 13 Iowa, 515 Wyatt, Re, 2 N. B. R. 283 Wyld. Ex parte, 2 DeG. F. & J. 642 v. Green, 1 DeG. & J. 410 v. Smith, 2 Woods, 673. Wyllie v. Wilkes, Doug. 519. Wyman v. Gay, 90 Maine, 36 Wynne, Re, 4 N. B. R. 23. Yale, Ex parte, 3 P. Wms. 24 r. Dodge, 13 N. E. Rep. (Ill.) 847 -r. Hoppe, 9 C. B. 541 Yeatman v. Savings Inst., 95 U. S. 764 205 132 301 392 155 210 282 389 309 22, 33, 38 222 7, 25, 74 259 303 267, 272 124 59 65, 74, 230, 248 316 207 133 198 121 297 183, 184 272 272 278 320 § 1. Bankrupt Laws.-The Congress of the United States. is expressly invested with power to "establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States."1 By some advocates of a strict construction of the Constitution it was maintained that this article only gave Congress authority to pass such a law as would, at the time the Constitution was adopted, have been known as a bankrupt law in England as distinguished from an insolvent law. It was said that the States might pass insolvent laws and the United States bankrupt laws; but the extreme difficulty of drawing the line between such laws was pointed out by Marshall, C. J., in the first case which involved the question of the powers of the States; and it is now settled that the power of Congress over the general subject of insolvent debtors is limited only by the requirement of uniformity.3 It is now § 2. Persons not Traders; Voluntary Petitions. settled that all insolvent debtors, whether traders or not, may 1 Const., Art. I., § 8, cl. 4. 2 Sturges v. Crowninshield, 4 Wheat. 122, 193 et seq. 3 Besides the cases cited below, see Story, Constitution, 5th ed., § 1104 et seq.; Fomeroy, Constitutional Law, 9th ed., § 391 et seq. |