Bauer v. Hawes
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Louis Bauer, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special' Term and entered m the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 10.th day 'of July, 1906, denying the plaintiff’s motion for the settlement of a final judgment as against the defendant Euphemia A. Hawes, as executrix.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
This action was commenced on March 17, 1892, to enforce the statutory liability of Granville P. Hawes and other defendants as directors of the American Loan and Trust Company under the charter of that company. Section 11 of that charter (Laws of 1872, chap. 868, as amd. by Laws of 1874, chap. 486 ; Laws of 1880, chap. 489 ; Laws of 1882, chap. 391, and Laws of 1884, cliap. 260),* provided among other things: “ Every director shall be personally liable for debts incurred by the corporation during his administration to an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars.” The action was…
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