Alexander v. Williams
Missouri Court of Appeals
Error to the St. Louis Circuit Court, Thayer, J. Where bankrupt laws are in force, the public policy of the government is embodied in the provisions therein made for the surrender and distribution of the assets of insolvents ; and every contract and device intended to defeat the full and free operation of these provisions is illegal as against public policy. —JSTerot v. Wallace, 3 Term Rep. 17 ; Bell v. Liggett, 7 N. Y. 176; Downs v. Lewis, 11 Cush. 78; Dexter v. Snow, 12…
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Error to the St. Louis Circuit Court, Thayer, J. Where bankrupt laws are in force, the public policy of the government is embodied in the provisions therein made for the surrender and distribution of the assets of insolvents ; and every contract and device intended to defeat the full and free operation of these provisions is illegal as against public policy. —JSTerot v. Wallace, 3 Term Rep. 17 ; Bell v. Liggett, 7 N. Y. 176; Downs v. Lewis, 11 Cush. 78; Dexter v. Snow, 12 Cush. 594; Austin v. Markham, 44 Ga. 161; York v. Merrett, 77 N. C. 215 ; Olaftin v. Torlina, 56 Mo. 369 ; Louthan v.…
1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.
The second amended petition in this case, after setting forth that the Columbia Life Insurance Company was a dissolved corporation of which plaintiff is the receiver, and that defendant, as superintendent of the insurance department of Missouri, has charge of all the assets of the Life Association of America in liquidation, that corporation being also dissolved, proceeds to make allegations of transactions between the two corporations during their existence, and of certain transfers of property from the Columbia to the Life Association, and concludes with a prayer that these transfers be…
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