Cameron v. . Seaman
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, entered upon a decision of the court on trial without a jury.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, entered upon a decision of the court on trial without a jury. (Reported below 7 Hun., 601.) This action was brought by plaintiffs as creditors of the Shenandoah Mining Company ,a corporation organized under the general manufacturing act (chap. 40, Laws of 1848), against defendants as trustees of said corporation, to recover the debt due from the corporation because of alleged failure to file and publish the annual report for the year 1874. The facts…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
It is claimed on the part of the defendant Henry A. Seaman, that he was not a trustee of the “ Shenandoah Mining Company,” and is not therefore liable for the debts of the company, assuming that there was a failure to make the annual reports required by the twelfth section of the act of February 17th, 1848, under which the company was organized. This claim, if well founded, is a complete defence to the action, so far as Henry A. Seaman is concerned. and this point will be first considered. It is claimed that he became a trustee by virtue of the election held September 11th, 1874. There was no…
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