Sleeper v. Goodwin
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Scmlc County. The case is stated in the opinion. The defendant Goodwin appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. contended, inter alia, that by the assignment the end and design of the corporation were completely determined, and such determination was a dissolution of the corporation vpsofaeto.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Scmlc County. The case is stated in the opinion. The defendant Goodwin appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. contended, inter alia, that by the assignment the end and design of the corporation were completely determined, and such determination was a dissolution of the corporation vpsofaeto. Blee v. Bloom, 19 Johns. 473-477; Gray v. Oof-fin,, 9 Cush. 192, 203-4; Bruee v. Platt, 80 N. Y. 379. The corporation existed thereafter only for the purpose of closing up its business, and for the period of three years; and the action in which judgment was…
1Opinion of the CourtTatloe, J.
This action was brought by the respondent, as a creditor of the Wonewoc Manufa,during Company, to enforce the liability'of Ira D. Goodwin and others, who are alleged to be stockholders of said company, under the provisions of sec. 1Y69, R. S. 18Y8. Said section, so far as it has any bearing on this case, reads as follows: “ The stockholders of every corporation, other than railroad corporations, -shall be personally liable to an amount equal to the stock owned by them respectively in such corporation, for a,ll debts which may be due and owing to its clerks, servahts, and laborers for services…
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