Schroeder v. Edwards
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. George C. Hitchcock, Judge. (1) A shareholder’s liability to creditors of a corporation is determined by the statutes of the State in which the corporation was incorporated, and the construction of its statutes by the court of last resort of that State is followed in all jurisdictions. Meyer v. Mining Co., 192 Mo. 162; Hodgson v. Cheever, 8 Mo. App. 318; Bagley v. Tyler, 43 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. George C. Hitchcock, Judge. (1) A shareholder’s liability to creditors of a corporation is determined by the statutes of the State in which the corporation was incorporated, and the construction of its statutes by the court of last resort of that State is followed in all jurisdictions. Meyer v. Mining Co., 192 Mo. 162; Hodgson v. Cheever, 8 Mo. App. 318; Bagley v. Tyler, 43 Mo. App. 195; Guerney v. Moore, 131 Mo. 650; Leucke v. Tredway, 45 Mo. App. 507; Kimball v. Davis, 52 Mo. App. 194; McClure v. Iron Co., 90 Mo. App. 567; Pfaff v. Gruen, 92…
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, C.
This is a proceeding in equity by judgment claimants of the Chester Light, Water & lee Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State' of Illinois, to recover from the defendants, residents of St. Louis, Missouri, as stockholders of said corporation, an amount alleged to be unpaid on the stock held by them in said corporation, and to have said'amount, due on said stock, applied to the payment *466of the plaintiffs’ respective claims. Trial was had, in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, resulting in a judgment and decree in favor of all of the plaintiffs, except…
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