Weatherly v. Capital City Water Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery, in Equity. Heard before the Hon. John G. Winter. The bill, in this case was filed by the appellant, George Weatherly, against the appellee, the Capital City Water Company, and contained the following averments: That the complainant was a resident citizen of the city of Montgomery, Alabama, and, together with substantially all the other residents of said city, was dependent for his supply of water upon the water furnished and agreed…
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Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery, in Equity. Heard before the Hon. John G. Winter. The bill, in this case was filed by the appellant, George Weatherly, against the appellee, the Capital City Water Company, and contained the following averments: That the complainant was a resident citizen of the city of Montgomery, Alabama, and, together with substantially all the other residents of said city, was dependent for his supply of water upon the water furnished and agreed by its charter to be furnished by the Capital City Water Company, which is a corporation chartered under the laws of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMoCLELLAN, J.
Sections 1690 to 1693 of the Code of 1886 have been in existezice and of force certainly since the Code of 1852, in which they were sections 1489 to 1492, inclusive. In that Code as also in the Codes of 1867 (§§ 1775 to 1778) and 1876 (§§ 2027 to 2030) they were in a chapter devoted to “Gezieral provisions in relation to private corporations.” Their provisions in terms azid originally in fact applied to all dissolved corporations, whether the dissolutions were voluntary or involuntary. The General Assembly of 1874-75, how.ever, enacted a statute with respeet to the “voluntary *171dissolution and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. . O'BrienNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Havemeyer v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
- Capital City Water Co. v. State ex rel. MacdonaldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
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