M. I. Wilcox Cordage & Supply Co. v. Mosher
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay; Kelley, J., presiding. Case by the M. I. Wilcox Cordage & Supply Company against George L. Mosher and others, directors of Mosher, Bissell & Mather, a corporation, based upon the statute requiring directors to file an annual report. From a judgment for defendants on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This is an action brought to recover from the directors of a corporation a debt of the corporation to plaintiff, and is based upon the willful neglect of the directors to file the annual report of the corporation’s affairs in January, 1895, as required by Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1885. Defendants were sole directors of a corporation known as Mosher, Bissell & Mather, which was doing business in West Bay City during the year 1895, and for two years prior thereto. Defendants Mosher and Bissell were president and secretary of said corporation, respectively. No annual report of the…
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