Hawkins v. Glenn
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO' THE • CIRCUIT OOURT OR THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA. The court stated the case in its opinion as follows: John Glenn, trustee of the National Express and Transportation Company, brought an action at law, November 5, 1883, against William J. Hawkins, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina, alleging that Hawkins, on or about November 1, 1865, subscribed for two hundred and fifty shares of…
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ERROR TO' THE • CIRCUIT OOURT OR THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA. The court stated the case in its opinion as follows: John Glenn, trustee of the National Express and Transportation Company, brought an action at law, November 5, 1883, against William J. Hawkins, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina, alleging that Hawkins, on or about November 1, 1865, subscribed for two hundred and fifty shares of the capital stock of that company, a body corporate of the State of Yirginia, and thereby undertook and promised to pay…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee
Counsel for plaintiff in error contends that the decree of the Richmond Chancery Court making the call and assessment was void as against him, because he was not a party to the suit; that the cause of action was barred by the statute of limitations; that he was not responsible upon one hundred and fifty shares of the stock; and that interest should not have been allowed from the date of the call, but only from the time of the filing of the complaint.
The jurisdiction of the Richmond Chancery Court to settle the construction of the deed of trust, to remove the original trustees and substitute…
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