Daniel v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton superior court. March term, 1892. Ejectment against Daniel on demises from George W. Knight, and from R. H. Wilson as receiver of the Fulton Loan & Building Association, for six acres of land.
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Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton superior court. March term, 1892. Ejectment against Daniel on demises from George W. Knight, and from R. H. Wilson as receiver of the Fulton Loan & Building Association, for six acres of land. Defendant pleaded not guilty, and the following special pleas: (1) On April 25, 1879, the judge presiding in Fulton superior court appointed Thrower as receiver in the cause of Kidd et al. against the Fulton Loan & Building Association, which was a bill filed for the purpose of collecting in all of the assets and making distribution thereof to those entitled…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. By the code, section 1676, par. 2, the duration of any corporation chartered by the superior court is limited to twenty years. The charter involved in this case was so granted in the year 1866, consequently it expired at the corresponding time in the year 1886, and there is no suggestion that it was renewed afterwards.
2. For the reasons suggested in the second head-note, we are of opinion that the receiver appointed after the dissolution of the corporation could recover, notwithstanding the appointment of the fii’st receiver and notwithstanding that appointment had…
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