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HILL v. MERCHANTS' MUT. INS. CO.

No. 215.

134 U.S. 515 (1890)

10 S.Ct. 589

33 L.Ed. 994

HILL, v. MERCHANTS' MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 31, 1890.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. G.M. Stewart for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Everett W. Pattison for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error contends that the act creating the Excelsior Insurance Company was a private act, and its charter exempted from alteration, suspension or repeal by subsequent legislation; that its stockholders were exempted from the levy of an execution upon their individual property at the instance of a judgment creditor of the corporation in case of a deficiency of corporate property, and from actions...

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