Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.

Excerpt from On Receivers in Equity and Under the New York Code of Procedure: With Precedents Corporation generally. Voluntary dissolution of a corpora tion; and practice in relation to it. Corporation sus pending business for a year. Charging directors, etc., and making them personally liable. Corporation not paying taxes. Insurance companies rendered insolvent by the great fire in New York. Corporation having a judgment against them, with an execution unsatisfied; and practice thereon. More particularly of banking and insurance corporations. Banking or insurance company becoming insolvent or violating its charter; and practice in relation thereto. Receiver of a safety-fund bank pay ing its circulating notes. Where an execution on a judg ment against any corporation or joint-stock association for banking purposes issuing bank notes or any kind of paper credits after the first of January, 1850, has been returned unsatisfied or could not be met (if issued). Where a creditor of such corporation or association has a demand exceeding $100, of which payment shall have been refused. Where any one or more stockholders of any such corporation or association. Owning one tenth of capital, applies for an order to declare the corporation insolvent. Particular powers of receivers of mutual insu rance companies. Commissions to a receiver of a mutual insurance company. Commissions to a receiver of a bank. Religious congregation. Reference of claims against receivers of insolvent corporations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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