93 Wis. 554 | Wis. | 1896
The argument turns upon the meaning to be given to the phrase “all claims due,” as used in the act. The word “due” signifies, in its larger and general sense, that which is owed; that which one contracts to pay, do, or perform to another; that which is owing. Webst. Diet. “Due;” Black, Law Diet.; Anderson, Law Diet. In its larger sense, it covers liabilities matured and unmatured (People v. Vail, 6 Abb. N. C. 210), and may import indebtedness without reference to the day of payment or that that day has passed, or be used, not in the sense of payable, but as importing an existing obligation (Scudder v. Coryell, 10 N. J. Law, 345; Sand Blast F. S. Co. v. Parsons, 54 Conn. 313; Fowler v. Hoffman, 31 Mich. 219). When used in an attachment statute, it signifies that the day when payment ought to be made has.,
By the Court. — The order of the superior court is affirmed.