Abbott v. Goodall
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On appeal in equity by plaintiffs. Bill in equity brought in the Supreme Judieial Court, Cumberland County, by four hundred and fifty plaintiffs, all of Colorado,, as creditors of the State Bank of Monte Vista, a corporation organized under the laws of and located in Colorado, on behalf of themselves and such other creditors of said Bank as might join, to enforce the Colorado statutory liability of the defendants, citizens of Maine, as stockholders in said Bank.
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On appeal in equity by plaintiffs. Bill in equity brought in the Supreme Judieial Court, Cumberland County, by four hundred and fifty plaintiffs, all of Colorado,, as creditors of the State Bank of Monte Vista, a corporation organized under the laws of and located in Colorado, on behalf of themselves and such other creditors of said Bank as might join, to enforce the Colorado statutory liability of the defendants, citizens of Maine, as stockholders in said Bank. All of the several defendants demurred to the bill either generally or specially. The Justice of the first instance sustained the…
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
Appeal from the decree of a single justice sustaining the defendant’s demurrer and dismissing the bill.
This suit is brought to enforce the statutory liability of the Maine stockholders in the State Bank of Monte Vista, a corporation organized under the laws of and located in the State of Colorado. The plaintiffs, four hundred and fifty in number, aver that they are creditors of said bank to the amounts stated opposite their respective names, that they appear in behalf of themselves and all other *233creditors of said bank who have joined or may hereafter be joined with them in the suit, that the…
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