Tyler v. Savage
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE 'CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED- STATES POE THE EASTEpN DISTRICT OP VIRGINIA. . The court stated the case as follows: This is a suit in equity, brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, by Sarah C. Savage, a citizen of Pennsylvania, who sues for herself “ and all others, creditors of the Virginia Oil Company, who will •make themselves parties to this suit, on the usual terms,” against the ’ Virginia Oil Company, a…
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APPEAL PROM THE 'CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED- STATES POE THE EASTEpN DISTRICT OP VIRGINIA. . The court stated the case as follows: This is a suit in equity, brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, by Sarah C. Savage, a citizen of Pennsylvania, who sues for herself “ and all others, creditors of the Virginia Oil Company, who will •make themselves parties to this suit, on the usual terms,” against the ’ Virginia Oil Company, a Virginia corporation; John'Tyler, president of said company, and in his own right; John WV Otley, C. W. Tanner, Isaac…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatoheord
It is assigned for error (1) that the record does not present a case for the exercise of jurisdiction in equity; (2) that the decree is outside of the case made in the bill, which is for the enforcement of the corporate liability of the Yirginia Oil Company ; (3) that the evidence does not warrant the imputation of fraud to the defendants Tyler and the Yirginia Oil Company ; and (4) that the decree .is devoid of support in the record.(1) It is contended that the only ground on which the bill' can be supported against Tyler is, that it contains averments to the effect that he is indebted to…
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