Legal Opinion

Atlantic Trust Co. v. Chapman

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 24, 1908No. 109PublishedCited by 169 opinions

CERTIORARI TO THE. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The facts .are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan

The principal question in this case—now before.us upon writ of certiorari' for the review of a final order of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit-—is. stated by counsel-to be this: Is a complainant, who has in good faith prosecuted a suit Upon a good cause of action, and upon whose application. the court has- properly appointed a receiver, and -who obtains. a decree fully establishing his rights, nevertheless personally responsible for a-deficiency caused by the failure óf the property which is thé subject of the shit to bring enough to cover the allowances made by the court to…

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  4. Porter v. SabinSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  5. Wiswall v. SampsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1853

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