Hoffman v. Geiger

The litigation in this case was commenced by Oscar A. Hoffman, plaintiff, against Lemuel D. Geiger and others as stockholders of the Globe Delivery Company, an insolvent corporation, to enforce an alleged liability created by statute for failure of the corporation to publish notice of corporate debts. Comp. St. 1929, sec. 24-213.

Plaintiff stated in his petition that the suit was brought on behalf of himself and all other creditors similarly situated. The amount of his claim was $2,867.29, reduced by dividends of $678.97 in bankruptcy to $2,188.32. He stated further that listed, enumerated and…