Case Name: Harris versus Mandeville
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1796
Citations: 2 Dall. 256
Docket Number: 
Parties: Harris versus Mandeville.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 256–257

Head Matter:
Harris versus Mandeville.
THE plaintiff and defendant were both British subjects; the debt, for which the present action was brought, had been contracted in England and the defendant, before the suit was instituted, had obtained his certificate under a commission of bankrupt issued against him in that country.
Under these circumstances, Heatly obtained a rule to shew cause why an exoneretur should not be entered on the bail piece; and in support of the rule cited 4 Term. Ref. 182. Co. Bank. Law. 497.
Tilghman declined opposing the rule, being of opinion, that between British subjects, the proceedings under a British commission of bankrupts must be valid and obligatory. He said, that it had been so decided by Iredell, Justice, in the Circuit Court, for the District of Massachusetts; but, at the same time, the Judge had judicially circumscribed the operation of a certificate under the Pennsylvania bankrupt law, within the limits of the State.
In Grenough v. Emmory.

Opinion:
By the Court:
—Let the rule be made absolute.