Wilkinson v. Culver

The plaintiff declares upon a judgment recovered by him, as receiver of the American Trust Company of New Jersey, in the supreme court of that state upon certain promissory notes made by *640the defendant. The defendant demurs upon the ground that the plaintiff is the receiver of a New Jersey corporation, appointed by a ■court of chancery of that state, and, as such receiver, cannot maintain an action in this court.

The position of the defendant, in this respect, is sustained by the following authorities: Booth v. Clark, 17 How. 327; Peale v. Phipps, 14 How. 368; Holmes v. Sherwood, 16 Fed. Rep.…