ART. 47.] INSOLVENTS—FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCES. 831
tones and allegations as his creditors, endorsers or sureties may
propose or allege against him; and shall order not less than one
month's notice of the day so fixed upon, to be given by the per-
manent trustee to the creditors of the insolvent, in such manner
as the court may, by its rules or by special order, direct.
F. G., (1860,) art. 48, sec. 4. 1854, ch. 193, sec. 4.
5. If the creditors, endorsers or sureties shall fail to make any
allegations or propose any interrogatories, or if the same shall be
answered satisfactorily or determined in favor of the insolvent, the
court shall discharge the insolvent from all debts and contracts
made before the filing of his petition, and he shall be released
from all such debts and contracts; and such discharge and release
shall embrace all cases where he is endorser or surety; and he
shall not be liable to pay any joint contractor, surety or endorser
who may pay any debt or perform any contract after the filing of
his petition, which was entered into before the filing of such
petition.
Munnikuysen B Dorset, 2 H & G. 374 Wharton v. Callan, 2 Gill, 173.
Job v. Walker, 3 Md 129 Moore v. Garrettson, 7 Md. 444. Berry v. McLane,
11 Md 92 State v. Reaney, 13 Md 230. Wilson e Russell, 13 Md 528. Katz
v. Moore, 13 Md 566. State v. Culler, 18 Md 418 B & O R R. Co. v. Clarke,
19 Md 509 Huston v. Ditto, 20 Md. 305 Willis v. Wright, 22 Md. 373.
Jaeger v. Requardt, 25 Md 231 Knight v. House, 29 Md 194. Starr v. Heck-
art, 32 Md. 267. Reynolds v. Mut Fire Ins Co., 34 Md. 280. Weaver v. Lei-
man, 52 Md 708. Allers v. Forbes, 59 Md. 374.
Ibid. sec. 5. 1854, ch. 198, sec. 5.
6. The discharge of any person under this article is not to re-
lease any other person who may be liable as endorser, surety or
otherwise.
Ibid. sec. 6. 1854, ch. 193, sec. 6.
7. No person shall be released or discharged under this article
who has conveyed, concealed or disposed of his property to
defraud or delay his creditors, or prevent the same from being
applied to the payment of his debts, or who has, within one year
of the time of filing his petition, by the conveyance or assign-
ment of his property, or debts or claims, or payment of money,
given an undue and improper preference to any of his creditors.
Triebert v. Burgess, 11 Md 453 Maennel v. Murdoch, 13 Md. 164. Jaeger
v. Requardt, 25 Md. 231
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