Hamilton v. Clarion R.
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Warren County
Nos. 46, 68 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 20 June Term 1887, C. P. in Equity. On March 28,1887, George C. Hamilton, W. A. Irwin and Almon B. Hamilton, “ suing as well for themselves as for all other creditors of the Clarion, Mahoning & Pittsburgh Railroad Company, who, contributing to the expenses of this suit, may become parties thereto,” filed a bill in equity against the Clarion, Mahoning & Pittsburgh Railroad Company, S. S. Jackson, R. C. Winslow, E. A.…
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Nos. 46, 68 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 20 June Term 1887, C. P. in Equity. On March 28,1887, George C. Hamilton, W. A. Irwin and Almon B. Hamilton, “ suing as well for themselves as for all other creditors of the Clarion, Mahoning & Pittsburgh Railroad Company, who, contributing to the expenses of this suit, may become parties thereto,” filed a bill in equity against the Clarion, Mahoning & Pittsburgh Railroad Company, S. S. Jackson, R. C. Winslow, E. A. Liteh, admr. of Thomas K. Liteh, deceased, and others, averring in substance as follows : That the Mahoning & Susquehanna…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson :
The opinion of the learned master covers this case so fully that an elaborate discussion of it is unnecessary. The main *59contention on the part of the appellants was that the Mahoning & Susquehanna Railroad Co., the Conewango & Clarion Railroad Co., and the Clarion, Mahoning & Pittsburgh Railroad Co., never had a legal corporate existence; that the said appellants, T. K. Litch, R. C. Winslow, and S. L. Jackson never became stockholders in the last-named company, and that said company was never so far organized that they could have complied with their…
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