National Safe Deposit Co. v. Stead
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery filed by the National Safe Deposit Company, the appellant, against William H. Stead, Attorney General, Andrew Russel, State Treasurer, and Walter K. Lincoln, inheritance tax attorney, the appellees, in the circuit court of Cook county, to restrain said officers from enforcing against the appellant, and all other corporations, firms and individuals…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery filed by the National Safe Deposit Company, the appellant, against William H. Stead, Attorney General, Andrew Russel, State Treasurer, and Walter K. Lincoln, inheritance tax attorney, the appellees, in the circuit court of Cook county, to restrain said officers from enforcing against the appellant, and all other corporations, firms and individuals similarly situated and who are engaged in the business of renting safety deposit boxes and safes for hire, the provisions of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
The right of appellant to maintain this bill has not been challenged by the appellees, and it will therefore be assumed, without argument, for the purpose' of this appeal, that the allegations of the bill are sufficient to show that a property right of the appellant was involved in the court below and ,that the bill could be maintained to avoid a multiplicity of suits. Craft v. Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway Co. 166 Ill. 580; Cragg v. Levinson, 238 id. 69; Pelton v. National Bank, 101 U. S. 143; Cummings v. National Bank, id. 153; Hills v. Exchange Bank, 105 id. 319; Union Pacific…
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