Samuel Freeman Miller

“ The effect of the decision is, that a non-resident creditor, by sending his claim to a lawyer through some indirect agency, may secure all the advantages of priority and preference which the attorney can obtain of the debtor, well knowing his insolvency, without any responsibility under the Bankrupt Law. ”

“ Very few creditors, when this becomes well known, will fail to act on the politic suggestion.
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