Legal Opinion

Wallach v. Billings

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 18, 1911No. Gen. No. 17,275PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Bill in chancery. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S, Tuthh-l, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baldwin

To secure a reversal of the judgment of the court below, defendants here urge: (1) that the action of the trial court in granting the injunction and in refusing to dissolve it, amounts to a usurpation of the functions of its directors and stockholders; (2) that in the absence of fraud, a court of equity has no right to intervene by injunction, or by the appointment of a receiver in the settlement of the internal affairs of the corporation; (3) that the injunction granted is in direct violation of section 5242 of the U. S. Statutes, which prohibits the issuance of an attachment, injunction or…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. National Bank v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  2. Richmond v. IronsSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  3. Davis v. Elmira Savings BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  4. Pacific National Bank v. MixterSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  5. Jackson v. HooperSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1910

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Becker v. BillingsIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
  2. Wallach v. BillingsIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Bachman v. First-Mechanics National BankNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1947
  4. Corbett v. Lincoln Savings & Loan Ass'nMissouri Court of Appeals · 1929

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