832 INSOLVENTS—DISTRIBUTION. [ART. 47,

P. G. L., (1860), art. 48, sec 7. 1854, ch. 193, sec. 7.

8. Any confession of judgment, and any conveyance or assign-
ment made by any insolvent under this article, for the purpose
of defrauding his creditors or giving an undue preference, shall
be void, and the property or thing conveyed or assigned shall vest
in the trustee; and all acts done by the petitioner before his ap-
plication, when he shall have had no reasonable expectation of
being exempted from liability to execution, on account of his

debts or responsibilities, without petitioning for the benefit of the
insolvent laws, shall be deemed to be within the meaning and pur-
view of this section.

Hickley v. Far & Mer Bank, 5 G & J. 377. State v.Bank of Md , 6 G. & J.
205. Crawford v. Taylor, 6 G. & J 323. Union Bank v.Ellicott, 6 G. & J. 363,
Dulany v. Hoffman, 7 G & J 170. Cole v. Albers, 1 Gill, 422. Wheeler v.
Stone, 4 Gill, 46 Gardner v. Lewis, 7 Gill, 397. Stewart v. Union Bank, 7 Gill,
439 Malcolm v. Hall, 9 Gill, 177. Beatty v. Davis, 9 Gill, 211. Powles v.
Dilley, 9 Gill, 222. Waters v. Dashiell, 1 Md. 472 Glenn v. Grover, 3 Md,
225. Falconer v. Clarke, 7 Md. 177. Brooks v. Thomas, 8 Md. 372. Triebert
v. Burgess, 11 Md 452. Maennel v. Murdoch, 13 Md. 163. McColgan e Hop-
kins, 17 Md. 395. Laupheimere. Rosenbaum, 25 Md. 219. Jaeger v. Requardt,
25 Md 231. Williams v.Cohen, 25 Md. 486. Syester B. Brewer, 27 Md. 313,
Mackintosh v. Corner, 33 Md 598. Crawford v. Austin, 34 Md. 49. Foley v.
Bitter, 34 Md. 646. Whedbee e Price, 40 Md 414. Sixth Ward Bldg. Asso, v. Wilson, 41 Md. 506. Boyd e Parker, 43 Md 201. Price v. Pitzer, 44 Md.
521. Ecker v. McAllister, 45 Md. 305. Ibid , 54 Md 374 Lynch v. Roberts,
57 Md. 150. Matthai v. Heather, 57 Md. 483 Luckemeyer v. Seltz, 61 Md. 313.

Ibid. sec. 8 1854, ch. 193, sec. 8.

9. Any judgment or decree confessed to give an undue pref-
erence to any creditor, or for the purpose of defrauding any
creditor, shall be void, and excluded in the distribution under
this article.

Jaeger v. Requardt, 25 Md. 231

Ibid, sec 9. 1854, ch 193, sec. 9.

10. Any creditor who shall collude with the insolvent to make
his claim appear larger than it justly is, shall forfeit the whole
claim for the benefit of the other creditors.

Ibid. sec. 10. 1854, ch. 193, sec. 10.

11. The estates of the insolvent shall be distributed under the
order of the court, according to the principles of equity; and no