Adriance v. Room
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL by the plaintiffs from' a judgment entered at the circuit, on a trial before the court, without a jury. The action was brought to recover $1375 and interest, of the defendants, the owners and the trustees of a manufacturing corporation, known as the “Eishkill Iron Works.”
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APPEAL by the plaintiffs from' a judgment entered at the circuit, on a trial before the court, without a jury. The action was brought to recover $1375 and interest, of the defendants, the owners and the trustees of a manufacturing corporation, known as the “Eishkill Iron Works.” It was admitted that the defendants became personally responsible, according to the general manufacturing law, for the debts of this company, by not publishing the annual report required by the twelfth section of that law. The question litigated was, whether the debt of the plaintiffs was a debt of the company. The…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Gilbert, J.
It is not contended that Bushnell had any express authority to contract the debt in question. It is urged, however, that he was the general agent of the corporation. Ho doubt a corporation may be bound by the acts of a general agent, in the same manner as private individuals; and persons dealing in good faith with such an agent are not presumed to know the private instructions which may have been given t'o him by his principal. But we think this principle will not aid the plaintiffs in this case. There is no evidence that Bushnell was such an agent. His actual…
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