Armour Bros. Banking Co. v. St. Louis National Bank
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. Valliant, Judge. (1) The‘laws of this state are broad enough to «over an attachment of stock of a foreign corporation in the hands of a garnishee in this city, where the certificates of such, stock are in the hands of such garnishee, Thompson on Liability of Stockholders, par. 248; Freeman on Executions, par. 348; Cook on Stockholders, par. 483; Revised Statutes, 1889, secs. 539, 540, 543, 4915,5221. (2) The certificates…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. Valliant, Judge. (1) The‘laws of this state are broad enough to «over an attachment of stock of a foreign corporation in the hands of a garnishee in this city, where the certificates of such, stock are in the hands of such garnishee, Thompson on Liability of Stockholders, par. 248; Freeman on Executions, par. 348; Cook on Stockholders, par. 483; Revised Statutes, 1889, secs. 539, 540, 543, 4915,5221. (2) The certificates were constituted by the company the visible representation of the stock, and as between the defendant Smith and the…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
On the twenty-third of October, 1887, the plaintiff company commenced an action of attachment against Charles R. Smith, a non-resident of this state, upon two promissory notes, amounting to over $41,000. A writ of attachment was issued, and on the the same day the sheriff summoned the St. Louis National Bank, as garnishee, which in its answer to interrogations stated that it had in its custody three certificates of stock, numbers 151, 152 and 153, issued to Charles R. Smith by the Colorado, Chicago & Texas *16Land, Cattle & Improvement Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Texas,…
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