Jones v. Mail & Exp. Pub. Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Kings county. Two actions, one by Merritt A. J ones against the Mail & Express-Publishing Company, and the other by Daniel E. Christie against the same defendant. From interlocutory judgments for plaintiffs^ defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
_ DYKMAN,
J. These are appeals by the defendant from the de_ cision, order, and interlocutory judgment overruling the demurrer of the defendant to complaint of the plaintiff in this action upon the ground that it fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The purpose of the suit is to enforce the statutory liability of the defendant, as a stockholder of the New York Advertising Agency, Limited, for certain debts of that corporation, upon the ground of the failure of the directors of the defendant to file a certificate of the full payment of its capital stock according to…
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Tonnele v. . HallNew York Court of Appeals · 1850
- McKuskie v. . HendricksonNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Bixby v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1891
3Cited by4 opinions
- Jones v. ButlerNew York Supreme Court · 1894
- Christie v. BowneNew York Supreme Court · 1894
- Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. v. EwartNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- State ex rel. Otoe County Agricultural Ass'n v. WallenNebraska Supreme Court · 1928