Ramsden v. Knowles
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, District Judge.
In this case the plaintiff seeks in the district of Massachusetts to recover upon Kansas stockholder liability. The defendant was a stockholder in the Lombard Investment Company, a Kansas corporation, and the plaintiff was a creditor holding debenture bonds of different series, amounting in all to something over $100,000. The corporation, suspended business in September, 1896, and the condition of affairs was such that the corporation is deemed to be dissolved within the meaning of the Kansas statute (Comp. Laws. Kan. 1885, c. 23, §§ -40, 44). This proceeding is…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Davis v. MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Anglo-American Land, Mortgage & Agency Co. v. LombardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
- Carrol v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Post & Co. v. Toledo, Cincinnati, & St. Louis RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Theroux v. Northern Pac. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Kansas City Hydraulic Press Brick Co. v. National Surety Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- White v. GovatosSuperior Court of Delaware · 1939
- Whitley v. BryantSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Davis v. DrurySupreme Court of Kansas · 1919
- Little v. KohnDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1911
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