May v. Black
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Bond du Lae County. 1 The facts are stated in the opinion. The defendant Black appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. They contended, inter aMa, that a suit in equity was the proper,, remedy to enforce the stockholder’s liability in this state. Sleeper v. Goodwin, 6Y Wis. 577; First Mat.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Bond du Lae County. 1 The facts are stated in the opinion. The defendant Black appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. They contended, inter aMa, that a suit in equity was the proper,, remedy to enforce the stockholder’s liability in this state. Sleeper v. Goodwin, 6Y Wis. 577; First Mat. Bank v. Gus-tm M. O. M. Go. 42 Minn. 327; Morawetz on Corp. sec. 611; Taft v. Ward, 106 Mass. 518; Pfohl v. Simpson, 74 N, Y. 137. The remedy given by the Michigan statute is not'exclusive, because the right existed under the constitution, prior to and…
1Opinion of the CourtOetoN, J.
This action was commenced by the respondent on a demand for work and labor, and in behalf of all others having like claims who may come in and become co-plaintiffs, against the Nanaimo Mining Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Michigan, and John G. Black and others, stockholders of said corporation residing in this state or amenable to the process of the court. The action is in equity, and the prayer is that the defendant stockholders be decreed and adjudged to pay into court, for the use of the plaintiffs, the amounts due each for such work and labor. No judgment…
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