Pittsburg Steel Co. v. Baltimore Equitable Society
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Stock-bridge, J.)-. The cause was argued before Botd, O. J., Briscoe, Pearce, Schmuckee, Burke, Thomas, Pattisoh and Urher, JJ.
1Opinion of the CourtSchmucker, J.
This appeal raises.’the issue of the constitutionality of Chapter 305 of the Acts of 1908, which abated pending actions at law to enforce a stockholder’s liability to the creditors of a corporation and substituted therefor a creditor’s bill in equity.
The present suit was instituted in the Superior Court of Baltimore City on February 21st, 1908, by the appellant as a creditor against the appellee as a stockholder of the South Baltimore Steel Car and Foundry Company. The declaration contains six common counts in assumpsit, and one special count alleging that the plaintiff is a creditor of the…
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