Barber v. International Co. of Mexico
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by a creditor for tbe appointment of a receiver of the defendant company, and for other relief, bronght to the Superior Court in Hartford County where a demurrer to the complaint was overruled (Greorge W. Wheeler, J.') and the case was afterwards tried to the court, Robinson, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Action by a creditor for tbe appointment of a receiver of the defendant company, and for other relief, bronght to the Superior Court in Hartford County where a demurrer to the complaint was overruled (Greorge W. Wheeler, J.') and the case was afterwards tried to the court, Robinson, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The facts averred in the complaint are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The claims for relief were as follows: — “ 1st. That a receiver be appointed to receive and collect all…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The defendant was incorporated under a special charter from this State. 10 Special Laws, 45, 433. The town of Hartford was thereby made its “ legal location,” and its capital was fixed at $500,000, with power to increase it to $20,000,000.
The complaint stated this case: In 1887 the defendant, under a contract made with one Bates, for a valuable consideration received from him, amounting to about $40,000, was bound to convey to him certain real estate in Mexico. It refused to do this, and in bad faith sold and conveyed the property to third parties, whereby it became liable to pay him just…
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