Bouton v. Smith
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. George Gardner, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. George Gardner, Judge, presiding. This was a creditor’s bill, filed in the Superior Court of Cook county on July 23, 1880, by A. D. Smith, D. M. Smith, H. D. Smith, Benjamin T. Jennings, R. S. Sutton and Thomas Sutton, composing the firm of Smith, Sutton & Co., of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, against the Chicago Plow Manufacturing Company, Nathaniel S. Bouton, Christopher B. Bouton, Edward G. Shumway, George H. Hull, as vice-president and treasurer, and George H.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
This was a creditors’ bill brought by the appellees, against the Chicago Plow Manufacturing Company and others of its officers and stockholders, under section 49 of the Chancery Code, to compel a discovery, under oath, of any property or thing in action belonging to or due such company, or held in trust for it, and to enjoin any transfer of the same, and for the appointment of a receiver, and for other relief, generally. The defendants other than the debtor corporation answered under oath, averring that the complainants’ note upon which its judgment was recovered, was1 secured by a chattel…
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