Dykman v. . Keeney
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by certification, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered October 9, 1897, which affirmed an interlocutory-judgment in favor of plaintiff overruling a de'murrer to the complaint. The allegations of the complaint, the grounds of the demurrer and the questions certified are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal, by certification, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered October 9, 1897, which affirmed an interlocutory-judgment in favor of plaintiff overruling a de'murrer to the complaint. The allegations of the complaint, the grounds of the demurrer and the questions certified are stated in the opinion. An action in equity by a corporation or its receiver against its delinquent directors will not lie to compel them to account for damages due to the negligent or other tortious acts of the directors unattended with profits to such…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.
This action is brought by the receiver of the Commercial Bank against certain persons, who either were formerly directors of_the,.bank, or who are the personal representatives of deceased directors. The complaint alleges that these directors were such between April, 1886, and August, 1893; some during all of that period of time and others during varying periods of time between those dates. It charges the defendants, during the several periods while they were in office, with conduct which was negligent, wasteful and in violation of the statute in many respects and the result of which was to…
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