Anthony v. International Bank
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge, presiding. This was an action of debt, by the International Bank against Elliott Anthony, Robert H. Foss and John A. Lomax, upon an appeal bond signed by them on the appeal of a case from the Superior to the Appellate Court.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge, presiding. This was an action of debt, by the International Bank against Elliott Anthony, Robert H. Foss and John A. Lomax, upon an appeal bond signed by them on the appeal of a case from the Superior to the Appellate Court. The issues presented by the pleas involved the validity of the charter and the constitutionality of the act of incorporation, the power of the company to change its name, and its right to sue and be sued. In respect to the change in the name of the corporation, it appeared from the certificate…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
The main question in this case, the constitutionality of the act of incorporation of the International Mutual Trust Company, has been determined in favor of its constitutionalty in the case of The People ex rel. v. lœwenthal, ante, p. 191.
The further question is made in this case that there was no competent evidence of the change of name to the International Bank—that the certificate of the fact required to be filed with the Secretary of State was under the private seal of the president of the corporation, instead of being, as it should have been, under the seal of the corporation; and that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw R. R. v. CoomesIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
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