Broadway National Bank v. Baker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Four actions oe contract against the defendants, as stockholders of the Commonwealth Loan and Trust Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Kansas, upon a judgment recovered against the corporation in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas on December 8, 1893, the actions being based upon the provisions of Gen. Sts. of Kansas of 1889, par. 1192.* The cases were tried together in the Superior Court, before Braley, J., who directed the…
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Four actions oe contract against the defendants, as stockholders of the Commonwealth Loan and Trust Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Kansas, upon a judgment recovered against the corporation in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas on December 8, 1893, the actions being based upon the provisions of Gen. Sts. of Kansas of 1889, par. 1192.* The cases were tried together in the Superior Court, before Braley, J., who directed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff in each case; and, at the request of the defendants, reported the cases for the…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The principal questions in these cases have lately been considered by this court, and by several other courts, State and Federal. The case of Hancock National Bank v. Ellis, 166 Mass. 414, and 172 Mass. 89, was brought under the same statute as the present cases, and is like them in its facts. Howarth v. Lombard, 175 Mass. 570, was brought under a statute in the State of Washington, which is different in its provisions, and is differently construed by the Supreme Court of that State; but the principles stated in the opinion in that case are for the most part equally applicable to the causes…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Hancock National Bank v. FarnumSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Whitman v. Oxford National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Howarth v. LombardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- McIsaac v. Northampton Electric Lighting Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Howell v. A. Manglesdorf & Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1885
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- Hill v. Mayor of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Keller v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
- Converse v. AyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Kenny v. McKenzieSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
- Putnam v. MisochiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
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