2 Yeates 548
Decided March 15, 1800
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1800-03-15
Case stated for the opinion of the court. Peter Borger, late of the city of Philadelphia, merchant, being considerably indebted to George Davis, the defendant, the said George obtained judgment against him, and on the 2d September 1797, issued a fi. fa. thereon, upon which part of the debt due to him was levied.
Cited by 1 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 1926
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Decided 1800-03-15
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¶1The law of the union does not apply to the ease stated. Congress in the close of the 18th section of the act of 2d May 1792, have made alegislative declaration of the sense in which the words “ cases of insolvency ” shall be taken, and they must be restricted thereby to the three instances pointed out by the counsel for the defendant.
¶2Judgment for the defendant.