Legal Opinion

Davis v. Mills

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut

Decided January 22, 1900No. 457PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TOWNSEND, District Judge.

Demurrer to plea to jurisdiction in action at law. The complaint alleges that while defendants herein were trustees of the Obelisk Mining & Concentrating Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Montana, it became indebted to the assignors of sundry claims now held by plaintiff, and failed to file the report of its condition as required by law, and claims that, it being insolvent, defendants are jointly and severally liable for the amount of said claims.

The statute of Montana provides as follows:

“Every such company shall, annually, within twenty days from…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Burgess v. SeligmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. Dennick v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
  3. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. CoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. Stewart v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  5. Whitford v. . the Panama Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Healy v. RattaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Credit Men's Adjustment Co. v. VickerySupreme Court of Colorado · 1916
  3. Central Paper Co. v. SouthwickCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1932
  4. Commonwealth S. S. Co. v. American Shipbuilding Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1912
  5. Fernandina Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. PetersDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1922

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