First National Bank v. Cornell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by tlie defendants, Lansing W. Cornell and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Onondaga on the 19th day of December, 1895, upon the verdict of a jury, rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the Onondaga Circuit on the 11th day of October, 1895.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, J.:
This action is designed to charge the defendants, as directors of the Syracuse Bamboo Furniture Company, with liability for a debt of that corporation by reason of its failure to file an annual report as required by section 30 of the Stock Corporation Law,* within the month of January, 1892, or at any other time prior to the 30tli day of January, 1893.
The defendants in their answer admit the incorporation of the company; that they were directors thereof, and that the company had omitted to file its annual report within the period of time above specified. They also admit that neither…
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