Legal Opinion

Jenkins v. International Bank of Chicago

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 14, 1888No. 254PublishedCited by 17 opinions

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The case, as stated by the court, was as follows: This case. was before the Supreme Court of Illinois at the March term, 1881, when the decree therein, in favor of the .present defendants in error, was reversed, and the cause was remanded to the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, for further proceedings.

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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The case, as stated by the court, was as follows: This case. was before the Supreme Court of Illinois at the March term, 1881, when the decree therein, in favor of the .present defendants in error, was reversed, and the cause was remanded to the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, for further proceedings. The judgment is reported in 97 Illinois, -568. The cause was reinstated by the Circuit Court, and after further proceedings therein a final decree was rendered in favor of the defendants in error, which on appeal was affirmed in the…

1Opinion of the Court

Me. Justice Matthews,

after stating the case, delivered the.. opinion of the court.

Section 5057 of the Kevised Statutes provides that “ ho suit, -either at law or in equity, shall be maintainable in any court between an assignee in bankruptcy and a person claiming an adverse interest, touching any property or rights of property transferable to or vested in such assignee, unless brought within two years from the time when the cause of action accrued for or against such assignee. And this provision shall not in any case revive a right of action barred at the time when an assignee is appointed.”

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2Cited by17 opinions

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  2. Security Insurance Co. of New Haven v. United States ex rel. HaydisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
  3. Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  4. Wynnewood Cotton Oil Co. v. MooreSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  5. McKenna v. SimpsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1889

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