Harpold v. Stobart
Ohio Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Meigs County. This proceeding in error is brought by Peter Harpold, W. A. Roberts, Daniel Bibbee, the executors of Moses E. Sayre, and John A. Williamson, to reverse judgments rendered against them in the Circuit Court of Meigs County.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Meigs County. This proceeding in error is brought by Peter Harpold, W. A. Roberts, Daniel Bibbee, the executors of Moses E. Sayre, and John A. Williamson, to reverse judgments rendered against them in the Circuit Court of Meigs County. The action below was brought by creditors of the Riverside Salt Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Ohio, which had become insolvent, and a large number of persons, including plaintiffs in error, as stockholders, for the purpose of enforcing the statutory liability against them in favor of the creditors. Several of…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
1. Was W. A. Roberts a party in the circuit court?
Issue was made by the answer of Harpold, and the reply, as to his-alleged transfer to Roberts, and as to his right to have all assessments against the shares of stock by him sold to Roberts, made against that party. Hence Roberts was a party necessary to the working out of the equities of Harpold, and that fact gave Harpold the right to appeal.the whole case in so far as it affected him, and that appeal carried Roberts into the circuit court, whether his presence in the case as a creditor had a like effect or not. There was no error in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Stanley v. StanleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1846