Steam-Engine Co. v. Hubbard
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. This is an action by the Providence Steam-Engine Company, a creditor of the Odorless Rubber Company, a joint-stock corporation organized under the laws of Connecticut, to recover from Charles Hubbard, president of the latter company, the amount due by it to the plaintiff.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. This is an action by the Providence Steam-Engine Company, a creditor of the Odorless Rubber Company, a joint-stock corporation organized under the laws of Connecticut, to recover from Charles Hubbard, president of the latter company, the amount due by it to the plaintiff. The remaining facts, and the statute of Connecticut under which the action is brought, are set forth in the opinion of the .court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Statutory regulations were enacted by the State to enable the business public to ascertain the pecuniary standing of joint-stock corporations, and for that purpose it was made the duty of the president and secretary of every such corporation annually to make a certificate showing the condition of the affairs ■of the corporation, as nearly as the same can be ascertained, on the first day of January or of July next preceding the time of making such certificate, stating the amount of paid capital,' the cash value of its credits, the amount of its debts, and the name and number of shares of each…
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