Dunn v. Howe

This is a suit by assignees in tbe interest of creditors against Lemuel R. Howe, who, it is claimed, was a stockholder in a Maine corporation, and who, it is admitted, had not paid in the full amount of his stock. One important question below was whether the defendant was a stockholder, within the meaning of the statute, and liable for its debj:s. Under the evidence, as shown by the record, we think it was a question for the jury, under instruction, whether Howe was a stockholder under such circumstances as to make him liable under the statute. This court decided, in effect, in Houghton v.…