Smith v. United States Express Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry M. Shepard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
In a proceeding instituted in the Superior- Court of Cook County by Thomas P. Tallman, the cashier of and a stockholder in the Trader’s Bank of Chicago, a corporation organized under the laws of Illinois, Byron L. Smith, the appellant herein, was appointed receiver of said bank on October 3, 1888. By the orders of the court he was clothed with the usual powers of a receiver, and “empowered to institute suits in law or equity for the recovery of any assets, claims, choses in action, justly belonging to or due said Trader’s Bank.”
On October 29, 1888, Smith, as receiver, filed his petition in…
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