Catt v. Olivier
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Hustings Oourt of the city of Staunton, pronounced February II, 1899, in the chancery suit of The William Knable & Co. Manufacturing Co. and Others v. The Wesleyan Female Institute and Others, in which the appellees filed their petition praying the cancellation of certain negotiable notes made by them, and an injunction to restrain tbe collection or disposition of said notes.
1Opinion of the Court
Bucilanan J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The controversy in this appeal is whether W. L. Olivier and twenty-five other parties who filed their petition in this cause are liable to the creditors of the Wesleyan Eemale Institute, an insolvent corporation, on certain notes made by them and now in the hands of Reeves Catt, the receiver of the court in this case. This question was referred to one of the commissioners •of the court for investigation. He reported the facts and circumstances under which the notes were made, and reached the conclusion that the makers of the notes were not…
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