Arthur v. President of the Commercial & Railroad Bank of Vicksburg
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the superior court of chancery; Hon. Robert H. Buckner, chancellor. Thomas E. Robins, William S. Bodley, and William C. Walker, filed their bill, in which they state, that on the 13th day of February, A. D. 1840, the President, Directors and Company of the Commercial and Railroad Bank of Vicksburg, a duly incorporated company, assigned, by two deeds of assignment, all its property, and all the proceeds and profits of the railroad, to assignees, for the benefit…
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On appeal from the superior court of chancery; Hon. Robert H. Buckner, chancellor. Thomas E. Robins, William S. Bodley, and William C. Walker, filed their bill, in which they state, that on the 13th day of February, A. D. 1840, the President, Directors and Company of the Commercial and Railroad Bank of Vicksburg, a duly incorporated company, assigned, by two deeds of assignment, all its property, and all the proceeds and profits of the railroad, to assignees, for the benefit of the creditors of the company. These deeds were exhibited with the bill. That Thomas E. Robins, William S. Bodley,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clayton
This is an appeal from a decree of the chancellor, overruling a demurrer to the bill of the complainants, the present appellees. The case as it existed before the chancellor, will be found in Smedes & Marshall’s Chancery Reports, p. 207, under the name of Robins and others v. Embry and others. It involves the validity of certain assignments made by the Commercial and Railroad Bank of Vicksburg, for the benefit of certain of its creditors. The objections urged in argument against the assignment are very numerous, and it may not be necessary to advert to all of them. The more prominent will…
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- Schermerhorne v. SchermerhorneNew York Court of Chancery · 1822
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