Chick v. Fuller
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. The bill was by appellants, judgment creditors of the Northwestern Shoe Company, and in behalf of all other creditors of that company who might join in the suit against the appellees, (a) to set aside certain alleged preferences said to have been made by the directors and officers of the Shoe Company to the appellees, Allen C. Fuller, the First National Bank of…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. The bill was by appellants, judgment creditors of the Northwestern Shoe Company, and in behalf of all other creditors of that company who might join in the suit against the appellees, (a) to set aside certain alleged preferences said to have been made by the directors and officers of the Shoe Company to the appellees, Allen C. Fuller, the First National Bank of Belvi-dere and the Second National Bank of Belvidere; (b) to hold the directors and officers (Allen C. Fuller, John J.…
1Opinion of the Court
After the foregoing statement, the opinion of the court was delivered by
GROSSCUP, Circuit Judge.
The facts rightly settled, this case involves no controverted questions of law. The evidentiary facts are voluminous, but the findings upon which the case turns, including what seems necessarily prefatory, may be summed up as. follows:
In 1890 the Northwestern Shoe Company of Chicago entered into negotiations with-certain citizens of Beividere, Illinois,, looking toward the transfer of the shoe company from Chicago to Beividere. As a result of these negotiations, a public meeting was held in…
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- Sutton Manuf'g Co. v. HutchinsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1894
- Blair v. Illinois Steel Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1896
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