Utica Fire Alarm Telegraph Co. v. Waggoner Watchman Clock Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Kent; Lamb, J., presiding. Creditor’s bill by the Utica Fire Alarm Telegraph Company against the Waggoner Watchman Clock Company, Edward M. Deane, and Christian Bertsch, to enforce stockholders’ liability. By cross-bill Annie Y. Sears, Albert E. Waggoner, and W. B. Waggoner were brought in as parties. From a decree dismissing said cross-bill and awarding relief to complainant, the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlvay, J.
A judgment creditor’s bill was filed by complainant, on behalf of itself and other creditors, against defendant company and three stockholders, Edward M. Deane, Christian Bertsch, and Eugene A. Hamilton, for the purpose of winding up the affairs of defendant corporation, and to enforce the unpaid stock subscriptions of certain stockholders. The bill asked for a receiver and an injunction. The bill was taken as confessed against de*621fendant corporation. The individual defendants filed separate answers. The answers of defendants Deane and Bertsch were in the nature of cross-bills, asking that…
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