Finney v. Guy
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. This action was commenced in a proper court of the State of Wisconsin to enforce the shareholders’ liability under a Minnesota statute, in a corporation of Minnesota and doing business in that State. The defendant demurred to the complaint on the ground, among others, that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. This action was commenced in a proper court of the State of Wisconsin to enforce the shareholders’ liability under a Minnesota statute, in a corporation of Minnesota and doing business in that State. The defendant demurred to the complaint on the ground, among others, that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The demurrer was overruled by the trial court and judgment given for the plaintiff, which was reversed by the Supreme Court of the State, 106 Wisconsin, 256, and the case has been brought here by…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Peckham,
after making the foregoing statement of .facts, delivered the opinion of the court.
The demurrer raises the question whether thd complaint states facts' sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The plaintiffs contend that their cause of action is based upon the decisions and judgments of the courts of the State of Minnesota, and upon the statutes of that State, and that the Wisconsin Supreme Court in sustaining the demurrer has thereby failed to give that full faith and credit to the laws and judgments of the State of Minnesota and its courts which they receive in that…
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