PAGE Wilson v. White, 80 N. C. 280 v. Winslow, 145 Mass. 339 Willson v. Gompartz, 11 Johns. 193 Wilt v. Franklin, 1 Binn. 502 Wiltshire Iron Co. v. Great Western Ry. Co., L. R. 6 Q. B. 101 Winch v. Keeley, 1 T. R. 619 Winchester v. Heiskell, 119 U. S. 450. v. Thayer, 129 Mass. 129 Winder, Ex parte, 1 Ch. D. 290 Winnall, Ex parte, 3 Dea. & Ch. 22 Winslow v. Bliss, 3 Lans. 220 Winsor, Ex parte, 8 Law Rep. 514 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 Wolfstein, Re, 1 N. B. N. 202 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. 253 222 99, 317 42 190, 273 228, 262 377 12, 13 51 22 270 59, 194 117, 118 59 17, 356 42 200 163 321 183 379 171, 422 71 110, 368 64 305, 320 200 Re, L. R. 7 Ch. 302 v. Barker, L. R. 1 Eq. 139 v. Dixie, 7 Q. B. 892 . v. Dodgson, 2 M. & S. 195 v. Dunn, L. R. 2 Q. B. 73 v. Hardy, 11 La. An. 760 v. Owings, 1 Cranch, 239 e. Smith, 4 M. & W. 522 Woodard v. Herbert, 24 Maine, 358 Woodbury v. Perkins, 5 Cush. 86 Woodford, Ex parte, 3 DeG. & S. 666 Woodhouse v. Murray, L. R. 2 Q. B. 634 —— v. Murray, L. R. 4 Q. B. 27 Woodier's Case, Bull. N. P. 39 305, 319 388 342, 391 215 104 24 88 42 133, 317 220 200 262 209 126 320 102 59 5:) 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 Wright, Ex parte, 2 M. D. & DeG. 434 Re, 6 Biss. 317 e. 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 Yale, Ex parte, 3 P. Wms. 24 r. Dodge, 13 N. E. Rep. (Ill.) 847 Yeates v. Groves, 1 Ves. 280. Yeatman v. Savings Inst., 95 U. S. 764 22, 33, 38 222 7, 25, 74 259 303 267, 272 124 59 65, 74, 230, 248 316 207 133 198 121 297 183, 184 272 272 278 320 132 301 392 155 210 282 389 309 § 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. |