Hatch v. Dana
Supreme Court of the United States
Appear from thé Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. On April 12, 1871, Charles A.'Dana recovered a judgment in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, against the Chicago Republican Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, for tbe sum of $6,419.17 and costs. - An execution issued upon this judgment was, by the marshal of the United States for. that…
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Appear from thé Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. On April 12, 1871, Charles A.'Dana recovered a judgment in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, against the Chicago Republican Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, for tbe sum of $6,419.17 and costs. - An execution issued upon this judgment was, by the marshal of the United States for. that district returned nulla Iona. Thereupon, on Aug. 23, 1871, Dana, on behalf of himself and all other creditors of the company…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
This bill is an ordinary creditor’s bill, the sole object of which is to obtain payment of the complainant’s judgment. It is true it is brought on behalf of the complainant and all other creditors of the corporation who might choose to coifie in and seek relief by it, contributing to the expense of the suit. But no other creditors came in ; and it does not appear that there is any other creditor, unless it be one of the stockholders, who was made a defendant, and who filed a cross-bill which he afterwards dismissed. All the stockholders were not made defendants.
The bill was not a bill seeking…
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