Lyndon Mill Co. v. Lyndon Literary & Biblical Institution
Supreme Court of Vermont
General assumpsit. • Trial by court at the December term, 1890, Tyler, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The findings of fact by the court were as follows: “The plaintiff and defendant were corporations located at Lyndonville. Books of record were put into the case showing the charters, by-laws and elections of officers in each corporation, and transcripts from the pages referred to in evidence are made part hereof.
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General assumpsit. • Trial by court at the December term, 1890, Tyler, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The findings of fact by the court were as follows: “The plaintiff and defendant were corporations located at Lyndonville. Books of record were put into the case showing the charters, by-laws and elections of officers in each corporation, and transcripts from the pages referred to in evidence are made part hereof. The pages referred to will show that certain persons were at the same time officers in both corporations. Hall, Harris, Thompson and Yail were,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
START, J.
The defendant did not take any corporate action with a view to repairing its buildings, and its trustees did not undertake to make the repairs upon the credit of the defendant. Hall, Harris, Thompson and Yail were the defendant’s trustees; but whether they were a majority of the defendant’s trustees does not appear. These four trustees desired to repair *585the defendant’s buildings; and, shortly before the lumber in question was delivered, they made a personal and private arrangement among themselves, by which Harris and Yail were to put a…
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