Houghton v. Hubbell
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, District Judge.
This is an action at law by the receiver of the Ellensburg National Bank of the State of Washington to recover an assessment of f 100 a share on 80 shares of the stock of that bank. At a jury-waived trial below, the plaintiff offered parol evidence tending to show that the defendant was the actual owner of the 80 shares of stock that stood on the books of the bank in the names of Edmund Seymore and William W. Seymore, and -that the Seymores were the agents of the defendant. Such evidence was objected to on the ground that it contradicted and varied the records, was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pauly v. State Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Anderson v. Philadelphia Warehouse Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Davis v. StevensU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1879
- Welles v. LarrabeeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa · 1888
- Hubbell v. HoughtonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1898
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- Early v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Laurent v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1934
- Harris v. TaylorSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
- Fors v. FarrellMichigan Supreme Court · 1935
- Corker v. SoperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931
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