STURGES v. CROWNINSHIELD, 17 U.S. 122 (1819)

STURGES v. CROWNINSHIELD. State bankrupt law. FEBRUARY TERM, 1819. Since the adoption of the constitution of the United States a state has authority to pass a bankrupt law, provided such law do not impair the obligation of contracts, within the meaning of the constitution, art. 1, § 10; and provided they be no act of […]

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