Kittredge v. Osgood
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Application, filed October 17, 1893, by the receiver of the Supreme Lodge Knights and Ladies of Protection, alleging that on February 24, 1892, when he was appointed receiver on a bill filed by John S. Page and another, certain actions at law brought by Marie L. Osgood and others against the corporation were pending ; that the plaintiffs in those actions, the defendants in this application, declined to present their claims to him for settlement, or to present them for the…
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Application, filed October 17, 1893, by the receiver of the Supreme Lodge Knights and Ladies of Protection, alleging that on February 24, 1892, when he was appointed receiver on a bill filed by John S. Page and another, certain actions at law brought by Marie L. Osgood and others against the corporation were pending ; that the plaintiffs in those actions, the defendants in this application, declined to present their claims to him for settlement, or to present them for the determination of the court, but proposed to proceed to judgment on the actions, and claimed the right to satisfy such…
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
The filing of the bill and the subsequent appointment of a receiver did not dissolve valid attachments of the property of the corporation made before the bill was filed. Atlas Bank v. Nahant Bank, 23 Pick. 480. Kilborn v. Lyman, 6 Met. 299. Hubbard v. Hamilton Bank, 7 Met. 340, 346. Davenport v. Tilton, 10 Met. 320, 325. Hills v. Parker, 111 Mass. 508. Columbian Book Co. v. De Golyer, 115 Mass. 67, 69. Sage v. Heller, 124 Mass. 213. Even if it were held that the charter of the corporation has been annulled by the proceedings in this case, the corporation continues to exist for the term of…
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- Hills v. ParkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Columbian Book Co. v. De GolyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Sage v. HellerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
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