Brockway v. Innes

Innes sued Brockway, who was a stockholder in the Amboy, Lansing & Traverse Bay Bail-road, for what he claimed to be a debt for labor performed for that company.

The plaintiff below was assistant chief engineer of *48the road. It is claimed by plaintiff in error that the exceptional liability provided by the Constitution and statutes against corporation stockholders for “labor performed for such corporation” does not include such services as those of Innes.

We think this objection is well taken. The Constitution evidently intended to protect those persons who most needed protection and who would…