Legal Opinion

Webster v. Ypsilanti Canning Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided September 20, 1907No. Docket No. 17PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Washtenaw,: Kinne, J. Bill in aid of execution by Hiram P. Webster, George W. Webster, Fred C. Cobb, Charles S. Cobb, and Miny E. Miller, copartners as Webster, Cobb & Co., against the Ypsilanti Canning Company, and Robert W. Hemp-hill, trustee. From the decree rendered, complainants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.

The complainant partnership is a judgment creditor whiclf levied upon the real estate formerly owned by defendant corporation, which real estate was, subsequent to the making of the levy, sold in foreclosure proceedings to, and is now held by, defendant Hemphill, as trustee, for those whose obligations against the company Were secured by the mortgage. ' The mortgage, which conveyed all property, real and personal, belonging to defendant corporation, was given by sole authority of the board of directors, each of whom was a creditor of the corporation and each, with some 37 other creditor…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Sanford Fork & Tool Co. v. Howe Brown & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Bank of Montreal v. J. E. Potts Salt & Lumber Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Rickerson Roller-Mill Co. v. Farrell Foundry & Machine Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
  4. James v. BrownMichigan Supreme Court · 1862
  5. Munson v. EllisMichigan Supreme Court · 1885

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  4. Medford v. MyrickCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
  5. Cheney v. San Francisco Mines, Inc.Utah Supreme Court · 1942

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