Ross v. Tozier
This text of 4 A. 860 (Ross v. Tozier) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Judicial Court of Maine primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
It is the opinion of a majority of the justices of this court that a debt due upon a contract existing at the time of the passage of the insolvent law of this state, is not barred by a discharge under the law, notwithstanding a judgment has [313]*313been obtained upon the debt in a suit commenced subsequent to the passage of the law; that to hold otherwise would conflict with the federal constitution in this, that it would impair the obligation of a contract. True, there are decisions to the contrary; but it is the opinion of a majority of the court that principle and the weight of authority are in accord with the conclusion here announced.
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4 A. 860, 78 Me. 312, 1886 Me. LEXIS 57, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/ross-v-tozier-me-1886.