Legal Opinion · Dissent

Converse v. Hamilton

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided November 10, 1908Published

Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Stevens, Circuit Judge. This action is brought against a resident of the state of Wisconsin to enforce a stockholder’s liability arising under the laws of Minnesota.

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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Stevens, Circuit Judge. This action is brought against a resident of the state of Wisconsin to enforce a stockholder’s liability arising under the laws of Minnesota. In May, 1901, the Merchants’ Rational Bank of St. Paul recovered a judgment against the Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing Company (hereinafter called the bankrupt), a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Minnesota, amounting to $2,936.07. Execution was issued upon said judgment and was returned unsatisfied, whereupon the plaintiff, brought an…

1DissentTimliN, J.

Upon the questions involved in this cause I think the law is in a regrettable condition of uncertainty. Hancock Nat. Bank v. Farnum, 116 U. S. 640, 20 Sup. Ct. 506; Huntington v. Attrill, 146 U. S. 657, 13 *592Sup. Ct. 224; Laing v. Rigney, 160 U. S. 531, 16 Sup. Ct. 366; Harding v. Harding, 198 U. S. 317, 25 Sup. Ct. 679; Finney v. Guy, 189 U. S. 335, 23 Sup. Ct. 558; Bernheimer v. Converse, 206 U. S. 516, 27 Sup. Ct. 755; Hunt v. Whewell, 122 Wis. 33, 99 N. W. 599; Finney v. Guy, 106 Wis. 256, 82 N. W. 595; Eau Claire Nat. Bank v. Benson, 106 Wis. 624, 82 N. W. 604.

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Huntington v. AttrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Hale v. AllinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  3. Bernheimer v. ConverseSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  4. Hanley v. DonoghueSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  5. Christmas v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1866

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