Legal Opinion
Barnes v. Wheaton
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 15, 1894PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from special term, Onondaga county. Action by Norman A. Barnes against Gerrit S. Wheaton. The complaint was dismissed, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The provisions of the constitution of the state of Ohio, set out in the complaint, declare that :
“Dues from corporations shall be secured, by such individual liability of. the stockholders, and other means, as may be prescribed by law; but, in all cases, each stockholder shall be liable, over and above the stock by him or her owned, and any amount unpaid thereon, to a further sum, at least equal in amount to such stock.”
In State v. Sherman, 22 Ohio St. 411, it was held that the legislature of that state had no power, under the present constitution, to create corporations without securing the…
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