for The Hawall Bar Association
1. Penniman's Case, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, May 2, 1881, Decided; OCTOBER, 1880 Term
OVERVIEW: A state law act relieving a debtor from imprisonment for debt of a corporation in which he owned stock was constitutional because abolition of imprisonment for debt was not of itself such a change of remedy so to impair obligation of contract.
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