Wilson v. Brown
New York Supreme Court
Several defendants demur to the complaint on the following grounds: 1. That this court has no jurisdiction of the subject of the action. 2. That plaintiff has no legal capacity to sue. 3. That there is a misjoinder of causes of action. 4. That the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
1Opinion of the CourtSears, J.
The Coats Manufacturing Company was a corporation organized under the Business Corporations Law of the state of New York, and its certificate *169of incorporation provided that the term of its exist-1 ence should he twenty years. The certificate of incorporation was filed in the proper offices in June, 1894, and the period of the corporate existence expired in June, 1914. At that time the Coats Manufacturing Company was solvent, and its assets were sufficient to liquidate its indebtedness,. and retire its outstanding capital stock. In June, 1914, when the corporation ceased to exist by limitation…
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