Katch v. Benton Coal Co.
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Centre County
JurisdictioN — Corporations—Liability of Stockholders — Wages. No. 109, January Term, 1900, C. P. of Center County, John G. Love, P. J. Appeal No. 125 October Term, 1901, Superior Court. Argued in Super. Ct. Nov. 1, 1901. FACTS INVOLVED IN THE CASE. Prior to July 7, 1899, the Benton Coal Company had been conducting the business of miners and shippers of coal on some of the property of the Blubaker Coal Company by virtue of a lease with the latter corporation.
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JurisdictioN — Corporations—Liability of Stockholders — Wages. No. 109, January Term, 1900, C. P. of Center County, John G. Love, P. J. Appeal No. 125 October Term, 1901, Superior Court. Argued in Super. Ct. Nov. 1, 1901. FACTS INVOLVED IN THE CASE. Prior to July 7, 1899, the Benton Coal Company had been conducting the business of miners and shippers of coal on some of the property of the Blubaker Coal Company by virtue of a lease with the latter corporation. The Benton Coal Co. became insolvent and failed to pay the wages due its employees. The mines were closed and the business of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
Twenty-seven actions of assumpsit were brought, by as many legal plaintiffs but all to the use of the Blubaker Coal Company, against the defendants before a Justice of the Peace of Center county. The Justice entered judgment in each of the cases against, the defendants, who appealed to the Court of *8Common Pleas. The legal plaintiff in each of the appeals was a different individual, but the Blubaker Coal Company was the equitable plaintiff in all of the cases, which all presented the same questions. By an agreement between the parties, with the approval of the Court,…
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