Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 (Bankruptcy)

SEE ALSO:

Generally 1.10.1

An Act to Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy throughout the United States, 2 Stat. 19 (1800)

House of Representatives, Uniform Bankruptcy Law, 16--19 Feb. 1818, Annals 31:905, 907--35, 936--53, 954--61, 963--67, 970--72

Senate, Bankrupt Bill, 16, 17 Mar. 1820, Annals 35:502--21

United States v. Wilson, 8 Wheat. 253 (1823)

Glenn v. Humphreys, 10 Fed. Cas. 471, no. 5,480 (C.C.E.D.Pa. 1823)

James Kent, Commentaries 1:356--58 (1826)

Mason v. Haile, 12 Wheat. 370 (1827)

Boyle v. Zacharie & Turner, 6 Pet. 348 (1832)

Betts v. Bagley, 29 Mass. 571 (1832)

Field v. United States, 9 Pet. 182 (1835)

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