Upton v. Hansbrough
District Court, N.D. Illinois
In bankruptcy. The Great Western Insurance Company, of Chicago, was organized in 1857, under a special charter granted by the legislature of the state of Illinois, with an authorized capital of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). But little business was done by the company until the summer of 1870, when it was reorganized under the general law of 1869, (Gross’ St. 1871, c. 53,) and acquired the right to increase its capital stock to five million dollars…
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In bankruptcy. The Great Western Insurance Company, of Chicago, was organized in 1857, under a special charter granted by the legislature of the state of Illinois, with an authorized capital of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). But little business was done by the company until the summer of 1870, when it was reorganized under the general law of 1869, (Gross’ St. 1871, c. 53,) and acquired the right to increase its capital stock to five million dollars ($5,000,-000), and actually increased it to about one million three hundred thousand dollars ($1,-300,000), issuing…
1Opinion of the Court
HOPKINS, District Judge.
This case, together with several others brought by the above plaintiff as assignee in bankruptcy of the Great Western Insurance Company, against parties alleged to have been stockholders in such company, to- recover the balance due for the stock held by them, now comes before the court for review on motion for new trial filed by defendants against whom verdicts were rendered. The main points relied upon by the defendants were very fully discussed upon the trial and have also on this motion been elaborately pre-seated by the counsel for the various defendants.
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