MARSHALL, Ch. J., delivered the opinion of the court.
That this case was not distinguishable in principle from the preceding case of Sturges v. Crowninshield. That the circumstance of the state law, under which the debt was attempted to be discharged, having been passed before the debt was contracted, made no difference in the application of *the principle. And [*213 that as to the certificate under the English bankrupt laws, it had frequently been determined, and...
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