Williams v. Gibbes
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Maryland. It was, in some respects, similar to the preceding case of McBlair, administrator of Goodwin v. Oliver’s executors; but it differed from it in the important point that the original holder of the share, namely, Williams, never made any assignment of it to Oliver.
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This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Maryland. It was, in some respects, similar to the preceding case of McBlair, administrator of Goodwin v. Oliver’s executors; but it differed from it in the important point that the original holder of the share, namely, Williams, never made any assignment of it to Oliver. The title of the latter was derived exclusively from a purchase made by him from George Winchester, the trustee of Williams in insolvency. The Mexican .Company consisted originally of ten persons, each holding one share. One of the parties…
1DissentJustice Daniel
When, at a former term, these cases were brought before this court, in the name of Nathaniel Williams, trustee for the creditors of. James Williams, an insolvent debtor, and of the same Nathaniel Williams, as trustee for the creditors of John Gooding, an insolvent debtor, the court, after argument and upon full consideration, dismissed them for the want of jurisdiction. ■ The decision of the cotut then pronounced, commanded my entire concurrence. I still concur in that decision, and hold the reasons on which it was founded as wholly impregnable. Those reasons were specifically these: That the…
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- Williams, Trustee v. OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1851