Author: John W. Smith

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-11

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13: 9780266173281

Excerpt from The Equitable Remedies of Creditors: In Relation to Fraudulent Conveyances, Transfers, Mortgages, Judgments and Assignment; Including Creditor's Bills, Bills in the Nature of Creditors' Bills, Supplementary Proceeding, Proceeding in Aid, Proceeding Against Insolvent Corporations, Insolvent E The chapter on the Effects of the Bankrupt Act of 1898 upon the equitable remedies of creditors is ex haustive and is designed to include all reported cases down to Sept. 1, 1899, where the equitable rights and remedies of creditors are involved. Reference has been made frequently to the bankrupt act of 1867, and the decisions thereunder when the provisions of the present act are illustrated thereby. The effect of the bankrupt act upon state insolvent laws, and proceedings based thereon, the distinctions between insolvent and assign ment laws, the exclusive jurisdiction of federal courts, the concurrent jurisdiction of federal and state courts, the equitable remedies of creditors in state courts unaf fected by the bankrupt act, the rights and remedies of creditors in the bankrupt court, the scope and powers of the trustee as the representative of creditors, are as fully treated as the adjudicated cases thus far reported Will permit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.