Chicago Life Insurance v. Auditor of Public Accounts
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county. On the 7th day of July, 1877, the Auditor of Public Accounts filed in the circuit court of Cook county a petition for the dissolution of the Chicago Life Insurance Company, under the act of 1874 on that subject.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county. On the 7th day of July, 1877, the Auditor of Public Accounts filed in the circuit court of Cook county a petition for the dissolution of the Chicago Life Insurance Company, under the act of 1874 on that subject. The petition is as follows: “Your petitioner, T. B. Needles, Auditor of Public Accounts for ■ the State of Illinois, respectfully represents as such Auditor, and in his official capacity, that he has lately, as Auditor as aforesaid, caused an examination to be made, in pursuance of an act-of the General Assembly of said State,…
1Opinion of the Court
Dickey, J.:
This was a bill filed by the Auditor to wind up a corporation, and to put it in liquidation. A decree was entered in the case, after examining the proofs, on hearing, in substance that the corporation was liable, and had subjected itself to that proceeding under the statute, and a preliminary injunction was declared to be perpetual, the previous appointment of a receiver was affirmed, and then orders were made directing steps to be taken to wind up the corporation, and adjust its affairs. To reverse that decree the insurance company has sued out this writ of error. The motion is…
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