Eyster v. Centennial Board of Finance
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the , United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
This case presents the single question whether, in the distribution of the moneys remaining in the treasury of the Centennial Board of Finance at the close of the affairs of that corporation, as provided for in sect. 10 of the act of June 1, 1872, the appropriation of $1,500,000 made by Congress in the act of Feb. 16, 1876, must be paid into the treasury of the United States before any division of assets is made among the stockholders in satisfaction and discharge of the capital stock.
It is very apparent that the object of Congress, in all its legislation with reference to the Centennial…
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