Bronson v. Wilmington N. C. Life Insurance
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action tried, at January Special Term, 1881, of Sampson Superior Court, before McKoy, J. The suit is brought by Charles H. Bronson and Edmund B. Owens, administrators of John E. Spearman, deceased, against the Wilmington North Carolina Life Insurance Company and its stockholders. The facts appear in the opinion. Demurrer overruled, judgment, appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The plaintiffs having recovered judgment against the defendant corporation upon a debt due their intestate, and caused an ineffectual execution to issue to the county wherein is their principal place of business, on behalf of themselves and its other creditors, institute this action against the corporation and a large number of its stockholders to enforce payment out of such assets as it may possess, not accessible to the ordinary process of law, and especially out of the sums due for unpaid stock. The complaint alleges the organization of the company under an act of the general assembly, and…
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