Chubb v. Upton
Supreme Court of the United States
Ebbob, to the Circuit Court .of the United States for the Western District of Michigan. Upton, as assignee-in bankruptcy of the Great Western Insurance Company, a corporation organized under the laws ■ of Illinois, brought this suit against Chubb.
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Ebbob, to the Circuit Court .of the United States for the Western District of Michigan. Upton, as assignee-in bankruptcy of the Great Western Insurance Company, a corporation organized under the laws ■ of Illinois, brought this suit against Chubb. The company was originally chartered by the legislature in 1857. In 1870, acting under the general laws of that State authorizing insurance companies to increase their capital stock, the directors and stockholders of the company took measures to increase its-capital stock, and’filed their papers for that purpose with the secretary of state, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
The numerous questions raised' upon the trial of this action depend upon a few general principlés which are not difficult. of- application.
It is settled by the decisions of the courts of the’United States and by the decision of many of the State courts that one who contracts with an acting corporation cannot defend himself against a claim on such contract, in a suit by the corporation, by alleging the irregularity of its organization. This was settled more than a. half a century since in the courts of the State’ of New York, and has recently been affirmed in this court. Dutchess Collar…
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