Weigley, Bulkley & Gray v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Criminal law. In the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Kirk Hawes, Judge, presiding. Proceedings for contempt of court. Two cases. Writ of error and appeal. Heard in this court at the March term, 1893, and reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
September 9, 1892, Jacob Graff filed a bill in the Superior Court, stating that he was a stockholder in the bTorthwestern Shoe Company, a corporation at Belvidere, in Boone County, Illinois, and in substance that the corporation was in pecuniary difficulties, its property being attached, its business stopped, and that unless a receiver was appointed to conduct its business, its assets would be sacrificed, title to property which it held upon condition of continuing business forfeited, and the plant go “ to wreck and ruin,” so that the complainant would get nothing for his stock; all of which…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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