In Re Penniman
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinions of the court. contra, cited Marcy v. Clark, 17 Mass. 330 ; Stedman v. Eveleth, 6 Met. 125 ; Richmond v. Willis, 13 Gray, 182; Curtis v. Marlow, 12 Met. 3.
1Opinion
William Tweedle of Providence recovered judgment against the American Steam Gas Pipe Company, and on the execution against said corporation, for want of the goods and chattels of the corporation, or of said Penniman to be found by the officer in his precinct, the officer committed said Penniman to jail, he being, as alleged in said return, a stockholder of said corporation and liable for said debt, said corporation not having made the returns required by statute. Penniman was also committed on a similar execution against said corporation in favor of Charles S. Perham of Boston.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Somerville's Executors v. HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
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