Central City Savings Bank v. . Walker
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department in favor of defendants, entered upon an order nonsuiting plaintiff on trial at Circuit.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department in favor of defendants, entered upon an order nonsuiting plaintiff on trial at Circuit. This action was brought against defendants, all of whom were stockholders and a portion trustees of the Utica Steam Woolen Company, to recover the amount of a promissory note executed by one Peter Clogher as agent of said company and in its name, it being alleged and claimed, in substance, that after the expiration of the company charter its trustees continued the business with the knowledge of the stockholders,…
1Opinion of the Court
The defendants are sought to be charged as makers of a promissory note, under the name of "The Utica Steam Woolen Company," a corporation whose charter had expired by its own limitation, and of which the defendants were stockholders. The corporation became such by filing a certificate pursuant to the act of 1811 relative to incorporations for manufacturing purposes, and the acts amendatory thereof, by the terms of which the corporate existence was limited to twenty years from the day of filing the certificate. (3 R.S. [Edmonds' ed.], 726.) The defendants served with process, became…
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