Legal Opinion

Kelley v. Gill

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 5, 1917No. 411PublishedCited by 56 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brandeis

The Gibraltar Investment and Home Building Company, a California corporation with a capital stock of $2,000,000 divided into 20,000,000 shares of ten cents each, was adjudicated a bankrupt in the Southern District of that State. Its debts were about $150,000. Its assets consisted of amounts aggregating $480,971.23 unpaid and overdue on subscriptions to its stock. The subscription of each stockholder was contained in a separate contract which provided for payment unconditionally at specified dates. The court of bankruptcy found that a large majority of the subscribers were non-residents of the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Mueller v. NugentSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  2. Bardes v. Hawarden BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  3. Whitney v. WenmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  4. White v. EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  5. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. McKnightSupreme Court of the United States · 1917

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3Cited by56 opinions

  1. Matthews v. RodgersSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Taubel-Scott-Kitzmiller Co. v. FoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  3. Riehle v. MargoliesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  4. Williams v. AustrianSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  5. Forbes v. SnowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923

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