Hammond v. Straus
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — It is not necessary to set out the prayers offered by the plaintiff at the trial; the instructions given by the Court below (Dobbin, J.,) are contained in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
This is an action brought by a creditor of a corporation against an alleged stockholder therein to recover in respect of the personal liability of the latter. The declaration alleges that the Union Banking Company of Baltimore was incorporated by an Act of the Legislature of this State, passed at the January session, 1874, cli. 118, whereby it was provided that the stockholders therein should be liable to the amount of their respective shares of stock, for all debts and liabilities of the corporation, incurred upon note, bill or otherwise; that the defendant became a stockholder in said…
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