Halstead v. Dodge
The Superior Court of New York City
This action was brought against the defendants as two of the three trustees of the Pyrolusite Manganese Company to recover a debt of the corporation by reason of the failure of the trustees to file an annual report.
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This action was brought against the defendants as two of the three trustees of the Pyrolusite Manganese Company to recover a debt of the corporation by reason of the failure of the trustees to file an annual report. The defendant Dodge demurred on the ground that the third trustee was not joined; but the court, in special term, overruled the demurrer as it did not appear that the third trustee existed and was within the jurisdiction of the court (The case was reported 65 How. Pr., 145.) This opinion was subsequently affirmed at the general term. The defendant Dodge then raised by answer the…
1Opinion of the Court
J. S. Bosworth, Referee.
Each of these actions is brought against the defendants as trustees of the “ Pyrolusite Manganese Company,” a manufacturing corporation, to recover the amount of a debt alleged to be owed by the corporation to the plaintiff.
*172In each ease it is sought to charge the defendants as such trustees, because the said corporation did not, within twenty days from the first of January, 1882, make and publish and file a report as required by law in such case made and provided, and also because the corporation has not since then made, published and filed such a report. These actions…
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