Seymour v. O. S. Richardson Fueling Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Attachment.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward P. Vail, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1901. Appellee brought this action to recover the price of coal furnished for the steamer “ Puritan.” It is claimed by appellants that the steamer was owned and operated by a corporation known as the “ Seymour Transportation Company,” claiming to be organized and existing under the laws of Illinois.
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Attachment.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward P. Vail, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1901. Appellee brought this action to recover the price of coal furnished for the steamer “ Puritan.” It is claimed by appellants that the steamer was owned and operated by a corporation known as the “ Seymour Transportation Company,” claiming to be organized and existing under the laws of Illinois. It appears, however, that the certificate of incorporation was never filed for record either in the recorder’s office of Cook county, where…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Freeman
delivered the opinion of the court.
The declaration charges the appellants with joint and several liability of officers and directors of a corporation. The ground of alleged liability is that they assumed to exercise corporate powers and used the name of the corporation or pretended corporation without complying with that provision of the incorporation act which requires the certificate of complete organization to be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds. The certificate was issued May 18, 1892. The debt sued for was contracted in 1895, for coal furnished…
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- Litch v. ClinchIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
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