Brockway v. Ireland

This is an appeal from an order denying a motion for a new trial, made on the minutes of the court after verdict at the Lewis county circuit. The action is against the defendant Ireland, as the president of “The Black River Iron and Mining Company of New York,” to recover on a due bill for sixty-three dollars and ninety cents, given by the corporation as a balance due the plaintiff from the corporation for wood purchased in 1873. The action is in substance against the defendant, as president and trustee of the said corporation, for not having made the annual report of the said corporation, as…