Fish, Receiver v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Actions to recover balances claimed to be due upon certain shares of the capital stock of an insolvent corporation in the hands of a receiver, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where demurrers to the complaints were overruled (Roraback, J".) and, after motions to substitute the Western Realty Company as party plaintiff had been granted (Elmer, J”.), the causes were tried to the jury before Ralph Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in each…
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Actions to recover balances claimed to be due upon certain shares of the capital stock of an insolvent corporation in the hands of a receiver, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where demurrers to the complaints were overruled (Roraback, J".) and, after motions to substitute the Western Realty Company as party plaintiff had been granted (Elmer, J”.), the causes were tried to the jury before Ralph Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in each case, and appeal by the respective defendants for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The defendants also…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The action against the defendant Smith was originally brought by a receiver appointed by a court of the State of Minnesota, to recover an unpaid balance on certain shares held by said Smith, a citizen of Connecticut, in the Northern Trust Company, a Minnesota corporation. The Minnesota proceedings were brought by a creditor of the corporation against it, and the interlocutory judgment appointing the receiver declared that it was insolvent. In a subsequent interlocutory judgment, it was found that to pay its debts the whole amount unpaid upon the par value of its capital stock would be…
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- Howarth v. LombardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
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