Stanton v. New York & Eastern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by Henry Hungerford, one of the respondents in the above entitled suit, and a creditor of the defendant corporation, from a judgment of the Superior Court in Fair-field County (Thayer, J”.,) overruling his remonstrance against the acceptance of the adverse report of a committee upon his claim, and accepting the report. The case is fully stated in the opinion. 1. A corporation can ratify a contract made by its promoters before its existence.
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Appeal by Henry Hungerford, one of the respondents in the above entitled suit, and a creditor of the defendant corporation, from a judgment of the Superior Court in Fair-field County (Thayer, J”.,) overruling his remonstrance against the acceptance of the adverse report of a committee upon his claim, and accepting the report. The case is fully stated in the opinion. 1. A corporation can ratify a contract made by its promoters before its existence. Spiller v. Paris Skating Rink Co., L. R., 7 Ch. Div., 368. Ratification of a contract is ratification of the work done under it. Whitney v. Wyman,…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The New York & Eastern Railway Company was a railroad corporation organized under the general railroad law of this state for the purpose of building and operating a railroad from the western line of the state in the town of Greenwich to the town of New Haven, a distance of forty-six miles, and included a bridge across the Housatonic river.
At the March term, 1875, of the Superior Court in Fair-field County, upon the application of Daniel N. Stanton and others, Levi Warner, Esq., was duly appointed receiver of all the property and assets of this corporation. Mr. Warner accepted the trust and…
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