Chaffin v. Cummings
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Report from Nisi Prius, Howard, J., presiding. Writ op Entry for possession of a tract of land. The land formerly belonged to the demandant. It is, however, claimed by^the tenant under a levy to himself, on an execution, issued upon a judgment of §2449,46, which he had recovered, on contract, against the Buckfield Branch Rail Road Company, of which company the demand-ant was alleged to be a member.
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On Report from Nisi Prius, Howard, J., presiding. Writ op Entry for possession of a tract of land. The land formerly belonged to the demandant. It is, however, claimed by^the tenant under a levy to himself, on an execution, issued upon a judgment of §2449,46, which he had recovered, on contract, against the Buckfield Branch Rail Road Company, of which company the demand-ant was alleged to be a member. The land was set off at the appraised value of §1000. The demandant offered- to prove that, in the contract between the tenant and the Rail Road Company, usury was reserved and secured by the…
1Opinion of the CourtShepley, C. J.
— The tenant claims title to the land demanded, by levy thereon of an execution, issued on a judgment recovered by him against the Buckfield Branch Rail Road Company.
It is provided by statute, c. 76, § 18, that “in case of deficiency of attachable property or estate, the individual property, rights and credits of every stockholder thereof, shall be liable to be taken on execution, to the amount of his stock and no more, for all debts of the corporation contracted during his ownership of such stock.”
The debts, upon which the judgment was recovered, appear to have been contracted by the…
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