Case Name: Henry W. Booth v. William H. Eddy, assignee, etc.
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1878-01-23
Citations: 38 Mich. 245
Docket Number: 
Parties: Henry W. Booth v. William H. Eddy, assignee, etc.
Judges: 
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 38
Pages: 245–246

Head Matter:
Henry W. Booth v. William H. Eddy, assignee, etc.
Act 186 of 1877.
Act 186 of 1877 amending Comp, h., § 7270, as to assignees of insolvents is restricted by its title to assignees under Comp. L., Ch. 234.
Error to Kent.
Submitted and decided January 23.
Assumpsit. Defendant brings error.
O. H. Look and Wm. S. Whittlesey for plaintiff in error.
A. W. & E. W. Dodge and Geo. H. White for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The only question in this case is whether act No. 186, Public Laws of 1877, entitled "An act to amend section five of chapter two hundred and thirty-four, being compiler's section number seven thousand two hundred and seventy of the compiled laws of 1871, relative to the duties and obligations of assignees of insolvent debtors," can apply to any other assignees than those who become such under the chapter named.
It is very clear, we think, that it cannot. The terms of the act are very general, but the title would restrict it. No one would be informed by the title, of any intent to provide for cases foreign to the chapter amended. The inference, and the conclusive inference from the title would be that the assignees intended were those appointed under that chapter; and the act itself could not be broader.
Affirmed with costs.