McDowall v. . Sheehan
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of-the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made February 18, 1891, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term.
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Appeal from judgment of-the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made February 18, 1891, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. This action was brought against a stockholder of a corporation called The Saratoga Union, organized under the General Manufacturing Act of 1848 (Chap. 40) to enforce a claim of plaintiff against said corporation under the provision of said act (§ 10) making its stockholders liable to the amount of their stock until a proper certificate has…
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
In May, 1887, a corporation called the Saratoga Union was organized under the General Manufacturing Act of 1848 and the acts amending the same, for the purpose of publishing a newspaper in Saratoga Springs. The certificate of incorporation was signed and acknowledged by Benjamin F.- Judson, Edmund J. Huling, John W. Howe, R. F. Knapp, and the plaintiff, who thus became the incorporators, and they were named in the certificate as the trustees for the first year. On the tenth day of June thereafter, at the first meeting of the incorporators, Huling was chosen president of the corpora- - tion,…
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