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38, [2 blanks] pp. Caption title [as issued]. Disbound, foxed, Good+. The Response is signed at the end in type by Judges John Boyle, William Owsley, and B. Mills. They were colleagues on Kentucky's Court of Appeals. In 1823 Chief Justice Boyle wrote the decision voiding Kentucky's debt relief law, an action which prompted the legislature to abolish his Court and create a new one. Owsley and Benjamin Mills had also sinned by invalidating debt-relief laws sponsored by the Relief Party. The 'Response' argues that the Legislature's abolition of their office was unconstitutional, that the Court's decisions nullifying the debt relief laws were a proper exercise of judicial power, that those laws impaired the obligation of contract and were unconstitutional. "We cannot agree to shut our eyes upon the constitution, which we are sworn to support as most binding of all." The Panic of 1819 brought financial ruin to many Kentuckians. In response, Kentucky's legislature stayed the payment of debts and required lenders to accept payment in notes of the new, uncapitalized Bank of Kentucky, or to endure lengthy deferrals. The Kentucky Court of Appeals [the State's Supreme Court] held these measures to be unconstitutional; in response, the legislature abolished the Court of Appeals and established a new Court, which the Governor filled with Pro-Relief judges. FIRST EDITION. Cohen 1445 and 11137. Sabin 37581. Not in Coleman, Harv. Law Cat., Marke, Eberstadt, Decker. Seller Inventory # 24625
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Title: THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF ...
Publisher: [Frankfort
Publication Date: 1824
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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