Hoboken Beef Co. v. Hand
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
App’eal by the defendants, Elmer E. Hand and another, from, a judgment o.f the Supreme' Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 5th day of November, 1904, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Trial Term, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
The plaintiff in August, 1899, sold and delivered to the Powell Brothers Company, a domestic corporation, a quantity of meat of the value of $414.26. The corporation failed and neglected to pay the purchase price and thereupon this action was brought and a recovery had against the appellants upon the ground that they were liable for such debt, inasmuch as the corporation failed to file an annual report on or after January 1, 1900.
The appellants concede that the . Powell Brothers Company became indebted to the plaintiff in 1899 ; that such debt remains unpaid and that no report…
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