Adams v. . Mills

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The plaintiff claims to recover of the defendant, as trustee of a manufacturing company, for a failure of the company to make and file a report, as required by section 12, chapter 40, Session Laws of 1848. The law in question is of a highly penal character, and in case of failure to comply with its requirements the trustees are made "jointly and severally liable for all the debts of the company then existing, and for all that shall be contracted before such…