3 S.C.L. 402
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided May 15, 1804
Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 1804-05-15
This was a summary process, tried in Charleston, in May, 1803:, before Bay, J. who decreed for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of this court upon the question, whether the defendant, against whom a commission of bankruptcy bad been sued out, after the cause of action in this case had accrued, under the act. of congress, of 1800, was intiiled to a discharge from the demand, and protected from the action of the plaintiff in this case, under the circumstances of the case.
Decided 1804-05-15
¶1were of opinion, that as it appeared that the bankrupt’s certificate had been allowed by competent authority, whether the allowance thereof was in strict conformity to the act of-congress or not, was not examinable in this court, as it has no controlling power over the federal courts.
¶2Decision reversed.