Bacon v. Morris

Opinion delivered November 22, 1873, by

Ludlow, J.

The defendants in this bill are the officers of “The Philadelphia Pressed Brick Works Co.,” and an effort is now made to make them liable for the debts of the concern under the provisions of the act of July 18th, 1863, entitled, “an act for Mechanical Manufacturing, Mining, and Quarrying purposes.”

If the provisions of the act have been complied with, doubtless the plaintiffs in this bill have an equitable remedy; but the act is in its nature, so far as officers are concerned, a highly penal one, and its provisions must be strictly pursued.

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