Rodgers v. Adriatic Fire Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made June 14, 1895, which affirmed an order of the Special Term denying a motion made by the petitioner herein. The nature of the motion and the facts relating thereto are stated in the opinion. The judgments entered in favor of petitioner’s testator were valid under the laws of Illinois, notwithstanding the previous dissolution of the corporation.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made June 14, 1895, which affirmed an order of the Special Term denying a motion made by the petitioner herein. The nature of the motion and the facts relating thereto are stated in the opinion. The judgments entered in favor of petitioner’s testator were valid under the laws of Illinois, notwithstanding the previous dissolution of the corporation. (Illinois Laws of 1869, p. 1; R. S. of Illinois, 331, §§ 10, 11, 12, 26; R. S. of Illinois, 619; Illinois Laws of 1871, 302, § 26.) The legislature of…
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
The motion, which has thus far been denied,, and which on this appeal we are are asked to grant, is for an order requiring the defendant, as receiver of the Adriatic Fire Insurance Company, to pay from the assets iu its possession a judgment against that corporation, obtained in the state of Illinois after the company had been dissolved and when it no longer existed. It was a domestic corporation, formed under our laws, and so subordinate to our authority, and in 1883 a final judgment of dissolution and appointing the defendant receiver was entered in this state. At that time the action of…
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