Legal Opinion

Munger v. Jacobson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 20, 1881PublishedCited by 10 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. Samuel M„ Moore, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon

In this proceeding for the enforcement of the stock liability of stockholders to double the amount of their stock, under section 3 of the charter of the Bank of Chicago, and for the distribution of the amount thereof among the creditors of the bank, there was a decree against Hunger and Hatch, two of the stockholders.

The present appeal is only by them. Their liability, as found under the charter, is not questioned; but they claim it was erroneous to decree against them at the then stage of the proceedings; that as the suit of Cunningham v. The Bank stood at that time, by the decree of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Casey v. GalliSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Burr v. . WilcoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  3. Illinois Central Railroad v. Cobb, Blaisdell & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1874
  4. Gage v. RohrbachIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
  5. Cole v. ButlerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1857

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Zang v. WyantSupreme Court of Colorado · 1898
  2. Hood v. Commonwealth Trust & Savings BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
  3. Lewis v. West Side Trust & Savings BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Reconstruction Finance Corporation v. GoldbergCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
  5. Salt Lake Hardware Co. v. Tintic Milling Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1896

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