Legal Opinion
Adam v. Saenger
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 31, 1938No. 197PublishedCited by 278 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
The question for decision is whether the action, in this case, of the Texas state courts, in dismissing a suit founded upon a judgment of the superior court of California, denied to the judgment the faith and credit which the Constitution commands.
Petitioner, as assignee of a California judgment against the Beaumont Export & Import Company, a Texas corporation, brought the present suit in the Texas state district court against respondents, directors of the corporation acting as its trustees in dissolution, and against its stockholders as transferees of corporate assets, to collect the…
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