Cuykendall v. . Corning
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the fourth judicial department, in favor of plaintiff, entered upon an order made the second Tuesday of June, 1881, which denied a motion for a new trial and directed judgment upon a verdict.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the fourth judicial department, in favor of plaintiff, entered upon an order made the second Tuesday of June, 1881, which denied a motion for a new trial and directed judgment upon a verdict. This action was brought by plaintiff “ as receiver for the creditors and stockholders of the late Dodge & Stevenson Manufacturing Company,” against defendant, a stockholder of said company, to recover an assessment of seventy-five per cent of the amount of his stock, alleged in the complaint to have been made by order of the court. The…
1Opinion of the CourtBapallo, J.
The act called the Herkimer County Act (Laws of 1852, chap. 361 — which was by chap. 179 of the Laws of 1853 applied to manufacturing corporations in the county of Cayuga), was, by its terms, confined in its operation to manufacturing companies incorporated under the manufacturing law of 1811, and had no application to manufacturing corporations formed under the act of 1848. The provision of the act of 1852, which authorizes the assessment of deficiencies upon stockholders to the extent of their liability for the payment of the debts of the company, was framed with reference to the liability…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Shellington v. . HowlandNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Story v. . FurmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- In Re the Appointment of a Receiver of the Late Dodge & Stevenson Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Herkimer County Bank v. FurmanNew York Supreme Court · 1853
- Hurd v. TallmanNew York Supreme Court · 1871
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Farnsworth v. . WoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Hardman v. . SageNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Matter of EnsignNew York Court of Appeals · 1884