Dundee Mortgage & Trust Investment Co. v. Hughes

GILBERT, Circuit Judge.

The defendant in this case filed a. supplemental answer in the nature of a plea in abatement, alleging: First, that in the year 1889 the plaintiff, which is a corporation organized under the laws of Great Britain and Ireland, having its principal place of business in Dundee, Scotland, was duly and regularly wound up, dissolved, and lost its corporate existence and powers, further than might be necessary to wind up its affairs, and that at the present date it had no legal existence; and, second, that in September, 1889, the plaintiff had amalgamated with the Alliance…