Tilden v. Young

Plaintiff in error was sued on a labor debt, as a stockholder of the Michigan Iron Company, a corporation organized under the General Mining-law of 1853, which was adjudged a bankrupt in October, 1875. The debt sued on accrued previously.

The defendant in error recovered judgment in the court below, and error is alleged upon two grounds: first, that the remedy only lies against stockholders holding stock at the time of suit brought, and second, that the corporation was not joined as co-defendant.

Upon the first point it is not necessary to pass, as the testimony showed Mr. Tilden to have…