Fisher v. Parr
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Wickes, J.), sustaining a démurrer to the bill of com- , plaint in this case and dismissing the same. The cause was argued at the April Term, 1900, and was subsequently reargued by order of the Court at the October Term, 1900,before McSherry, C. J., Fowler, Briscoe, Page, Boyd, Pearce, Schmucker and Jones, JJ.
1Dissent
McSherry, C. J.,
dissented and delivered the following opinion in which Boyd and Schmucker, JJ., concurred:
The bill in this case was filed by the receivers of an insolvent corporation against some of the persons who had been its directors, to recover from them certain large sums of money alleged to have been wasted and lost by the negligence and *279illegal conduct of several boards of directors. The charges of the bill will be alluded to later on.
Speaking with reference to the case made by the bill, if there was no illegality in the loans mentioned in the complaint, there is no liability under…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Briggs v. SpauldingSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Booth v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1881
- Adams Mining Co. v. SenterMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
- Dykman v. . KeeneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- O'Brien v. FitzgeraldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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