Legal Opinion

Woolverton v. Taylor

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 29, 1890PublishedCited by 48 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry M. Shepard, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin

This was a bill in chancery, by appellants, against appellees, to enforce an alleged liability against the said George H. Taylor and William H. Longley, as directors and president and treasurer of a corporation called “George H. Taylor & Co.,” under section 16, chapter 32, of the Revised Statutes, entitled “Corporations.” The bill is on behalf of appellants and all other creditors of said corporation who shall come in and contribute to the expense of the suit. It was filed in the Superior Court of Cook county on the 12th day of January, 1888.

It appears from the allegations of the bill, that…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hornor v. HenningSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Neal v. MoultrieSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
  3. Queenan v. PalmerIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  4. Low v. BuchananIllinois Supreme Court · 1879

3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Blakeslee's Storage Warehouses, Inc. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1938
  2. Hoffmann v. ClarkIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
  3. Moss v. SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
  4. M. H. Vestal Co. v. RobertsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Heine v. DegenIllinois Supreme Court · 1935

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