Hagan v. Continental National Bank
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Ho». S. P. Spencer, Judge. (1) The bill does riot state facts that would entitle plaintiff to any equitable relief. ■ A court of equity has no jurisdiction to set aside sales of personal property made under a pledge, unless some such equitable ground as injunction, specific transfer, discovery or accounting is laid. No such ground is laid in the bill. 2 Story’s Eq.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Ho». S. P. Spencer, Judge. (1) The bill does riot state facts that would entitle plaintiff to any equitable relief. ■ A court of equity has no jurisdiction to set aside sales of personal property made under a pledge, unless some such equitable ground as injunction, specific transfer, discovery or accounting is laid. No such ground is laid in the bill. 2 Story’s Eq. (Eedfield’s Ed.), sec. 1032; Schouler’s Bailments & Carrier (3 Ed.), 258; Durant v. Einstein, 35 How. Pr. 231; Lewis v. Varnum, 12 Abb. Pr. 308; Bow-land v. Bank, 135 Pa. St. 598; s. c.,…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
In 1891 the Hagan Opera House Company was organized as a corporation under the laws of this State with a capital stock of 1,000 shares of the par value of $100 each and aggregating $100,000.
On this capital stock $83,000 was at once paid in. A long term lease was secured by the corporation on a lot of ground at the corner of Tenth and Pine street, in St. Louis, having a front of one hundred and twenty-five feet on Pine street. A building was constructed in which there were stores and offices on the ground floor fronts, and also on the upper floors, and a large theatre in the central back…
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