New York Supreme Court, 1825

People v. Rossiter

New York Supreme Court · Decided February 15, 1825

4 Cow. 143

Counsel

J. R. Lawrence, moved that he be discharged., Talcott, (Attorney General,) contra, said that general words would not bind the people.

Opinion of the Court

Curia.

The motion must be denied. The people are not bound by an act of this kind, unless they are named in it. The rule is the same as in England. The king is not bound by a bankrupt law unless named ;(a) and the people are the king for the purposes of this rule.

Motion denied.

Anonymous, 1 Atk, 262. Rex v. Pixley, Bunb. 202. This question is fully examined, in reference to the statute, of limitations by Mr. Justice Story in U. States v. Hoar, (2 Mason’s Rep. 311-12, &c.) and vid. U. States v. Wilson, (8 Wheat. 253,) that a state insolvent law shall not bind the United States.

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