A deed of composition under section 192 of the Bankruptcy Act, 1861, (24 and 25 Viet. c. 134), between a debtor, sureties, and his creditors, contained a clause that the parties of the third part did release all actions, . . . contracts, . . . whatsoever, which the parties of the third part now have, or which they at any time hereafter may have against, J. H., by reason, or on account of any debt or debts, . . . contracts . . . from the beginning of the world to the day of the date of the deed. Held, that the release was not unreasonable, inasmuch as it must be taken to be restrained by the whole scope and object of the deed, and confined to causes of action which could be proved by a creditor in bankruptcy.
[1865] EngR 723, (1865) 6 B and S 975, (1865) 122 ER 1453, (1865-1866) LR 1 QB 101, [1865] UKLawRpKQB 10
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Bankruptcy Act 1861 192
England and Wales
Updated: 20 September 2021; Ref: scu.281635