Halsey v. McLean
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract. The declaration alleged that under the St. of N. Y. of 1848, c. 40, and an act amendatory thereof, the defendant and others formed a company by the name of the Lee Marble Quarrying Company, and became stockholders therein and trustees thereof, and carried on the business of quarrying marble in Lee, in this county; that said company became and are justly indebted to the plaintiff in several items, which were mentioned, and which they have neglected to pay; that they…
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Contract. The declaration alleged that under the St. of N. Y. of 1848, c. 40, and an act amendatory thereof, the defendant and others formed a company by the name of the Lee Marble Quarrying Company, and became stockholders therein and trustees thereof, and carried on the business of quarrying marble in Lee, in this county; that said company became and are justly indebted to the plaintiff in several items, which were mentioned, and which they have neglected to pay; that they have neglected to make the reports and returns required by said acts, and by virtue thereof the defendant, being a…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
The report of the auditor raises the question whether upon the facts of the present case this court will enforce the liabilities imposed upon trustees or stockholders of a corporation organized under the general manufacturing corporation act of New York, passed February 17th 1848. The principles by which we must be controlled are sufficiently well established. Wherever the common or statute law of one government enters into and forms a part of a contract which is brought before the tribunals of another for enforcement, and is not there treated as immoral or contrary to public policy, the lex…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Garrison v. . HoweNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Boughton v. . OtisNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- Ex parte Van RiperNew York Supreme Court · 1839
- Chambers v. . LewisNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
3Cited by2 opinions
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- Schell v. Youngstown Iron Sheet & Tube Co.Mahoning Circuit Court · 1904