Legal Opinion

Otis v. Spencer

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided May 12, 1882PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. William H. Barnum, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker

On the failure of the State Savings Institution of Chicago, appellant was appointed receiver of its assets, by a decree of court. He, as such receiver, filed a bill to subject the property, the title to which is in controversy, to the payment of the debts of the insolvent institution. The bill alleges that David D. Spencer, one of appellees, who was at the time, and had been some years previously, the president of the institution, was indebted to it on a note for $39,240.73; that appellant, as such receiver, had sued on it, and recovered a judgment; that a part of the indebtedness was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. McNail v. ZieglerIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  2. Spencer v. OtisIllinois Supreme Court · 1880

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Kroell v. KroellIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Cohen v. KnoxCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Pence v. ColeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
  4. Dunn v. HeasleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
  5. In Re Estate of W.T. ShepherdSupreme Court of Iowa · 1935

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