Legal Opinion
Fidelity Insurance, Trust & Safe-Deposit Co. v. Mechanics' Sav. Bank
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 31, 1899No. 27PublishedCited by 11 opinions
In Error to Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
1Opinion of the Court
ACHESON, Circuit Judge.
Section 2 of article 12 of the constitution of the state oí Kansas reads thus:
“Dues from corporations shall be secured by individual liability of the stockholders to an additional amount equal to the stock owned by each stockholder, and such other means as shall be provided by law; but such individual •liabilities shall not apply to railroad corporations, nor corporations for religious or charitable purposes.”
And a statute of that state contains the following provisions to enforce such individual liability after a creditor has obtained judgment against the corporation:
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Richmond v. IronsSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Shelby v. GuySupreme Court of the United States · 1826
- Winder v. CaldwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1853
- Partridge v. The Insurance CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Christy v. PridgeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
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3Cited by11 opinions
- United States v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Anglo-American Land, Mortgage & Agency Co. v. LombardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
- Douglass v. LoftusSupreme Court of Kansas · 1911
- Johnson v. LibbySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1913
- Dunn v. O'CONNORCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1937
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