STONE v. CHISOLM


113 U.S. 302 (1885)

STONE v. CHISOLM & Others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 2, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William B. Earle for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Theodore G. Barker and Mr. James Lowndes for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court. He recited the facts as above stated, and continued:

The statutes referred to in the complaint are § 1367 of the General Statutes of South Carolina, the act of December 10, 1869, entitled "An Act to regulate the formation of corporations," and "sundry other laws of said State." This last reference would broaden the question certified, so as to embrace the inquiry...

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