Legal Opinion

Lingle v. National Insurance

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1869PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from, St. Louis Circuit Court. cited City and County of St. Louis v. Alexander, 23 Mo. 528; R. M. Carlton, 260, 265. cited Gen. Stat. 1865, p. 329, § 19 ; 36 Mo. 523 ; 28 Mo. 106 ; 3 Hill, 190 ; 8 Bos. 396 ; 33 Mo. 377; Barb, on Parties, 361-2 ; 7 Paige, 18 ; 8 Paige, 33 ; 1 Chit. PI. 40 et seq.; Pearson v. Nesbitt, 1 Dev. 315.

1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge

This was a proceeding to recover of John Hogan, a stockholder in the National Insurance Company, the amount of a judgment obtained and held by the respondents against said company. It seems that Hogan was president of the company, and owned stock to the amount of three thousand dollars, which he paid by his services as such officer. Whilst so acting as president, the company became insolvent, and Nixon & Co. brought suit against it for $4,500, the amount of a policy they held against it. During the pendency of the suit, .Hogan negotiated for the claim, and procured an assignment of it to him…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Kitchen v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1878
  2. In Re the Van Sweringen CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1941
  3. Abbey v. LongSupreme Court of Kansas · 1890
  4. Chouteau Insurance v. FloydSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
  5. Foster v. Belcher's Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893

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