Bond v. Appleton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The plaintiff declares in case, for that in and by an act of the state of New Hampshire, made and passed on the 18th day of June, 1806, which act is now in force, and a copy of which is in Court to be produced, a certain corporation was established, by the name of The President, Directors, and Company of the Hillsborough Bank; and in and by the said act it is among other things enacted, that if the said corporation, at any time thereafter, should refuse or neglect to pay any…
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The plaintiff declares in case, for that in and by an act of the state of New Hampshire, made and passed on the 18th day of June, 1806, which act is now in force, and a copy of which is in Court to be produced, a certain corporation was established, by the name of The President, Directors, and Company of the Hillsborough Bank; and in and by the said act it is among other things enacted, that if the said corporation, at any time thereafter, should refuse or neglect to pay any of their said bills, when presented for payment in the usual manner, the original stockholders, their successors,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
In the construction of a statute of another state, any decision of a judicial court in such state would be entitled to much attention and respect from us, while endeavoring to ascertain the real intention of the legislature in such statute. But as we have no such aid in this case, we must give the best construction we are able to the act brought under our consideration in this case, *396in the * same manner we should construe an act of our own legislature.
The persons made liable for the payment of bills dishonored by the bank are “ the original stockholders, their successors,…
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