Taylor v. Miami Exporting Co.
Ohio Supreme Court
This case was adjourned here for decision from the county of Hamilton. The bill charges that in the year 1803, the Miami Exporting Company were incorporated and organized, and that, before the year 1818, the complainant became the owner of two hundred shares of the stock, at the price of one hundred dollars per share.
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This case was adjourned here for decision from the county of Hamilton. The bill charges that in the year 1803, the Miami Exporting Company were incorporated and organized, and that, before the year 1818, the complainant became the owner of two hundred shares of the stock, at the price of one hundred dollars per share. And it is alleged that on July 14,1818, he gave a note to the company, payable in ninety days, for three thousand dollars, and pledged his whole stock as security for the payment, for the recovery of which a suit is pending in favor of the company. It is further alleged, that…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court, by
Judge Wright:
Two questions are presented for the consideration of the court:
1. Whether the bill, in any aspect, presents a case proper for the interference of a court of chancery ?
2. Whether any of the defendants have been improperly made defendants ?
> As to thfe first question, it is not my purpose to go into a detailed examination of the numerous authorities cited at this time-. If the case made in the bill is one- under which facts might be proven, entitling the complainant to any relief, the demurrers can*149not be sustained. The bill is not artificially or precisely…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Slee v. BloomNew York Supreme Court · 1822
- Gray v. President of the Portland BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
- Vose v. GrantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1819
- Spear v. GrantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1819
- Attorney-General v. Utica InsuranceNew York Court of Chancery · 1817
3Cited by7 opinions
- Howard Ross and Bernard Ross, as Trustees for Lena Rosenbaum v. Robert A. BernhardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Miller v. WeiantDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1942
- United States v. SkeddleDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1997
- OHIO DRILL & TOOL COMPANY v. JohnsonDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1973
- Bates v. Bank of the StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1841
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