Woodside v. Beckham
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. The facts are stated in the opinion. The Circuit Court had jurisdiction. The judgments against the corporation ón which the bill is’based were v valid under the state law and the assignee had title to all the judgments and could maintain an action against the directors therefor as in the aggregate the claims exceeded $2,000. Bowden v. Burnham, 59 Fed.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. The facts are stated in the opinion. The Circuit Court had jurisdiction. The judgments against the corporation ón which the bill is’based were v valid under the state law and the assignee had title to all the judgments and could maintain an action against the directors therefor as in the aggregate the claims exceeded $2,000. Bowden v. Burnham, 59 Fed. Rep. 752; Chase v. Sheldon Roller-Mills, 56 Fed. Rep. 625; Bushnell v. Kennedy, 9 Wall. 387; Holmes v. Goldsmith, 147 U. S. 150; Bergman v. Inman, 91 Fed. Rep.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
This was an action to recover of defendants, as directors of the Neptune Mining Company, a Colorado corporation, the sum of $5,500 as the aggregate amount of claims or demands of the plaintiff and of thirty other persons, firms or corporations against the mining company, which had been assigned to the plaintiff.
■The liability was asserted to arise under the requirement of the act of April 6, 1901, of Colorado, which required annual reports to be filed by all corporations with Jhe Secretary of State for Colorado within sixty days after the first day of January in each year as to matters…
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