Powers v. C. H. Hamilton Paper Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEALS from the County Court of Milwauleee County. This action was brought in the Milwaukee county court under sec. 3216, R. S., against an insolvent corporation and its three directors, who; it is alleged, are the owners of all the capital stock of such corporation.
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APPEALS from the County Court of Milwauleee County. This action was brought in the Milwaukee county court under sec. 3216, R. S., against an insolvent corporation and its three directors, who; it is alleged, are the owners of all the capital stock of such corporation. The complaint alleges the recovery of a judgment by the plaintiff against the defendant corporation; the issuing of an execution thereon; the return thereof on March 10,1883, by the sheriff, unsatisfied, for want of property of such corporation on which to levy the same; the large indebtedness of the corporation to various…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed January 8, 1884:
LyoN, J.
1. The complaint in this action was framed under sec. 3216, R. S., and the sections following, and contains all the averments necessary to show a cause of action under that statute, if the allegations concerning the voluntary assignment by the defendant corporation be rejected. This is freely conceded by the learned counsel for appellants. Hence, the only question on the general demurrer is, Does the complaint with those allegations in it fail to state a cause of action, when, were those allegations omitted, it would state a cause of…
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