Snyder v. Lindsey
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by Jacob Snyder and others against Carmi V. Lindsey and others. There was a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, and defendant Lindsey appeals.
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Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by Jacob Snyder and others against Carmi V. Lindsey and others. There was a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, and defendant Lindsey appeals. The plaintiffs and defendants other than the defendant Evans (being about 80, more or less, in number) were what was called a “joint-stock association,” doing business in the name of the Farmers’ Exchange, Limited, at Attica, in the county of Wyoming, N. X. The association was organized in 1891 for carrying on general mercantile business; adopted a constitution and by-laws; elected a president, vice…
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
It is urged on the part of the appellant that the joint-stock association created by the parties plaintiff and de-, fendant has the nature of a corporation, and is a corporation, in such sense that the remedy available to members of a partnership for its dissolution has no application to it, and, therefore, that an action for the dissolution of the association can be maintained only by the attorney general, in the name of the people, as pro*1038vided by the statute relating to corporations (Code, § 1786). The question was raised at the trial, and, as we think, properly overruled. It is true that…
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