Peabody v. New England Water-Works Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. C. G-. Neeley, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
The principal question presented on this record is whether a receiver of a corporation, after whose appointment judgments are obtained against the corporation in favor of third parties, occupies such a relation that, for the protection of the corporation and creditors, he may appear and move to re-open the judgments and allow a defense. The question was held adversely to the receiver by both the circuit and Appellate Courts, and hence this appeal.
We take from the opinion of the Appellate Court a partial statement of the facts of the case: “Appellant was, May 1, 1895, appointed receiver of the…
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