The privilege of the debtor to enjoy the necessary comforts of life, shall be recognized by wholesome laws, exempting a reasonable amount of property from seizure or sale for the payment of any debt or liability hereafter contracted ; and there shall... The Pacific Reporter - Page 3811921Full view - About this book
| Francis Newton Thorpe - Charters - 1909 - 718 pages
...nor, except in the case of the State, without such compensation first assessed and tendered. SEC. 20. There shall be no imprisonment for debt, except in case of fraud or absconding debtors. SEC. 21. No law shall be passed granting to any citizen or class of citizens... | |
| Edward E. Moore - Indiana - 1910 - 352 pages
...of property from seizure or sale for the payment of any debt or liability hereafter contracted; and there shall be no imprisonment for debt, except in case of fraud. Sec. 23. The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 1312 pages
...date. Mobile RR v. Turnipseed (Sup. Ct. US, Dec. 19, 1910) 219 US 35, 31 Sup. Ct. 13C. 55 L. Ed. . It is a part of the organic law of this state that...the Legislature to create such a rule of evidence und enforce it in the state's own courts. It is but an arbitrary mandate, there being no rational connection,... | |
| 1911 - 1076 pages
...far as it authorizes commitment for costs, being in violation of Const, art. 1, § 22, which provides that there shall be no imprisonment for debt, except in case of fraud.— Thompson v. State, 16 Ind. 516. [b] (Sap. 1864) Neither the fine nor costs adjudged against the defendant... | |
| Indiana - Law - 1911 - 872 pages
...of property from seizure or sale for the payment of any debt or liability hereafter contracted; and there shall be no imprisonment for debt except in case of fraud. Privileges Equal. SEC. 23. The general assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens,... | |
| Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State - Oregon - 1911 - 718 pages
...of the State, without such compensation first assessed and tendered. § 19. Imprisonment for Debt. There shall be no imprisonment for debt except In case of fraud or absconding debtors. $ 20. Exclusive Privileges. So law shall be passed granting to any citizen or... | |
| James Alton James, Albert Hart Sanford - Local government - 1912 - 456 pages
...of property from seizure or sale for the payment of any debt or liability hereafter contracted; and there shall be no imprisonment for debt, except in case of fraud. SEC. 23. The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities... | |
| Oregon. Commission on Revision of Judicial System - Courts - 1912 - 60 pages
...presumably under the provisions of Section 19 of Article One of the Constitution of Oregon, which reads : "There shall be no imprisonment for debt except in case of fraud or absconding debtors." An examination of the provisions of the statute will show that the greater... | |
| Indiana - 1914 - 456 pages
...of property from seizure or sale for the payment of any debt or liability hereafter contracted; and there shall be no imprisonment for debt except in case of fraud. With the exception of the last clause the above was reported to the Constitutional Convention of 1850... | |
| Elmer De Witt Brothers - Medical jurisprudence - 1914 - 316 pages
...columns of civilization. America took the lead in the humane reform among English-speaking nations. "There shall be no imprisonment for debt, except in case of fraud" is a general constitutional provision. Formerly, debtors were commonly liable to punishment, forfeiture... | |
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