R. Frank Williams Co. v. United States Baking Co.

Citations

• 86 Md. 475
• 38 A. 990
• 1897 Md. LEXIS 139

Syllabus

<p>Answer of a Corporation in Equity Must be Under Seal—Appeal— Receivers.</p> <p>A defendant corporation cannot answer a bill of complaint in equity except under its corporate seal.</p> <p>No appeal lies from an order overruling a motion to dismiss a bill in equity against a corporation and to discharge receivers appointed under it.</p> <p>From an order appointing receivers an appeal can only be taken after the defendant has filed an answer, and if that which purports to be an answer is in law no answer at all, the appeal will be dismissed.</p>