Case Name: Horace H. Day v. United States' Car Spring Company
Court: New York Superior Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1853-04
Citations: 2 Duer 608
Docket Number: 
Parties: Horace H. Day v. United States’ Car Spring Company.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the city of New York
Volume: 9
Pages: 608–608

Head Matter:
Horace H. Day v. United States’ Car Spring Company.
(April, 1853.)
The Superior Court has no jurisdiction to appoint a receiver of the property or effects of a foreign corporation, for the purpose of winding up its affairs.
Motion for an injunction and a receiver.

Opinion:
It appeared by the complaint, that the defendants were a corporation created by the laws of Connecticut, and the relief prayed for was a perpetual injunction, restraining the company and its officers from making any disposition of its property, and the appointment of a receiver, with power, under the direction of the court, to collect its debts, including unpaid subscriptions, to pay all demands against the company, and distribute the surplus, if any, pro raid, amongst its shareholders. The judges consulted by Mr. Justice Bosworth, all agreed with him in the opinion, that the court would exceed its jurisdiction in attempting to grant the relief demanded, and, consequently, that it was his duty to deny the motion. It was denied accordingly.