Northrop v. Curtis
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was a bill in chancery, praying that the legal title of certain shares of the stock of The Bridgeport and Newtown Turnpike Company, to which the plaintiff claimed to be entitled in equity, might be transferred to him.
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This was a bill in chancery, praying that the legal title of certain shares of the stock of The Bridgeport and Newtown Turnpike Company, to which the plaintiff claimed to be entitled in equity, might be transferred to him. The cause was heard at Fairfield, December term, 1823, before Peters, J. In October, 1801, John S. Cannon and others were incorporated, by the name of The Bridgeport and Newtown Turnpike Company, with power to ordain such by-laws and ordinances as should be necessary for the government of the company. It was also provided, by the act of incorporation, that “all rights and…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, Ch. J.
The bill of the plaintiff proceeds on the ground, that Hine had an equitable interest, but no legal title; and that, for this reason, the turnpike stock in question was not attachable. The opinion I have formed on the matter before the court, renders it unnecessary to determine, whether a right merely equitable, may, or may not be attached. This question I shall, therefore, waive, and confine my opinion to the sole enquiry, whether, when the above stock was attached, Hine had the legal title.
The objection advanced against the title, is, that the tranfers of the stock were not…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Union Bank of Georgetown v. LairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1817
- Northrop v. Newtown & Bridgeport Turnpike Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1821
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