Liggett v. Glenn
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. Action by John Glenn, trustee of the National Express & Transportation Company, against John-E. Liggett, to recover an assessment on the stock' of said company. Judgment for plaintiff, allowing interest from the commencement of the suit. 47 Fed. Rep. 472. Both parties bring error, plaintiff complaining only of the allowance of interest as insufficient.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. Action by John Glenn, trustee of the National Express & Transportation Company, against John-E. Liggett, to recover an assessment on the stock' of said company. Judgment for plaintiff, allowing interest from the commencement of the suit. 47 Fed. Rep. 472. Both parties bring error, plaintiff complaining only of the allowance of interest as insufficient. Statement by Shiras, District Judge: On the 12th of December, 1865, the general assembly of the state of Virginia adopted an act entitled “An act to amend…
1Opinion of the Court
Shiras, District Judge,
(after stating the facts.f The first position taken by counsel for the plaintiff in error is that the decrees or orders entered by the chancery court of the city of Richmond, and by the circuit court of Henrico county, Va., making assessments upon the capital, stock of the insolvent corporation, were mere nullities, for want of jurisdiction on part of said courts over the subject-matter and over the company named as defendant therein. The contention on part of the plaintiff in error is that the pendency of the suit brought by Reynolds in the. United States court in…
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