People v. North River Sugar Refining Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action in the nature of quo warranta, brought by the people of the state of New York, for the forfeiture of the defendant’s corporate franchises, and for its dissolution. A decree of dissolution was entered, and defendant appeals. Code Civil Proc.
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Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action in the nature of quo warranta, brought by the people of the state of New York, for the forfeiture of the defendant’s corporate franchises, and for its dissolution. A decree of dissolution was entered, and defendant appeals. Code Civil Proc. N. Y. § 1798, provides that the attorney general may bring an action against a corporation to annul its charter on the ground that it has offended against the provisions of the act under which it was created, or has violated any provision of law whereby it has forfeited its charter, or become liable to be…
1Opinion of the CourtDaniels, J.
The judgment from which this appeal has been brought, dis-
solved the defendant as a corporation previously formed and existing under the laws of this state. It was organized under chapter 40 of the Laws of 1848 as a manufacturing corporation, and its business was generally that of refining and selling sugar, syrups, and molasses. It was incorporated for this object in February, 1865, and continued to carry on its business until the close of the year 1887. Before that time, but in that year, a plan was formed and *407adopted for the formation of what was called the “ Sugar Refineries Company, ” to…
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