Scott v. Houpt
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Chancery Court. Lixand Lsathbrman, Chancellor. Reb Houpt, H. D. Hill and N. C. Roster Lumber Company brought suit in equity against Ed Hogaboom, Arkansas National Bank, State Exchange Bank, Park Hotel Company, W. T. Joyce, E. F. Klein, George C. Ball, Moses P. Hays, John West, Adolph-us Busch, Abner Gile, M. A. Lynch, F. J. Allen, R. C. Brown, Phillip Riley, R. E. Jackson, Graeme Stuart, Mrs. A. W. Green-way, John Knickerbocker, James H. Weed, John J.…
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Appeal from Garland Chancery Court. Lixand Lsathbrman, Chancellor. Reb Houpt, H. D. Hill and N. C. Roster Lumber Company brought suit in equity against Ed Hogaboom, Arkansas National Bank, State Exchange Bank, Park Hotel Company, W. T. Joyce, E. F. Klein, George C. Ball, Moses P. Hays, John West, Adolph-us Busch, Abner Gile, M. A. Lynch, F. J. Allen, R. C. Brown, Phillip Riley, R. E. Jackson, Graeme Stuart, Mrs. A. W. Green-way, John Knickerbocker, James H. Weed, John J. Lawrence, Fannie Eisele, John Martin Lumber Co., and all others interested. The complaint alleged the institution of…
1Opinion of the CourtHilt, C. J.
1. Can a transferee of corporate stock, whose transfer has not been deposited with the county clerk, hold the stock as against an attaching creditor with notice prior to the completion of his levy, and prior to a sale under judgment rendered in the attachment suit?
This question, decisive of the ownership of about 600 shares of stock in the Park Hotel Company, calls for a construction of section 1338, Sandels & Hill’s Digest, which is as follows: “Whenever any stockholder shall transfer his stock in any such corporation, a certificate of such transfer shall forthwith be deposited with the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Byers v. EnglesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1855
- Fort Smith Milling Co. v. MiklesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1895
- Batesville Telephone Co. v. Myer-Schmidt Grocer Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1900
- Tennant v. WatsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1893
3Cited by3 opinions
- Railway Mail Ass'n v. MoseleyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
- Loeb v. German National BankSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
- Stroud v. HendersonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1929