Becker v. Billings
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. W. Pinckney, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1919.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr,. Presiding Justice Barnes
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a suit in equity by which appellant, a stockholder of the Home Savings Bank of Chicago, Illinois, seeks to recover damages for losses sustained by the bank, due, as alleged, to negligence of its directors. It was brought in behalf of all stockholders that might join in the action of appellant, the bank having refused, after due demand on it, to institute proceedings to redress the wrongs complained of.
The original bill was filed November 14, 1910, and. made as the'only defendants said bank and Cornelius K. G. Billings,…
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- McCoy v. MorrowIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
- Williams v. RhodesIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Wallach v. BillingsIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
- Foss v. People's Gas Light & Coke Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
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