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The people did not like to be summoned to attend the settlement of an estate in bankruptcy, hundreds and hundreds of miles, to the place where the United States Court was sitting, in States like Texas or Missouri.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “The people did not like to be summoned to attend the settlement of an estate in bankruptcy, hundreds and hundreds of…”
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Hoar highlights the inconvenience faced by people summoned to distant bankruptcy court proceedings.
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