Goodrich v. Dorman
New York Court of Common Pleas
Exceptions from trial term. Action by Harvey 0. Goodrich against Richard A. Dorman to recover from defendant, as a stockholder in the Avery Machine Company, a debt due from the company to plaintiff. The complaint was dismissed, and plaintiff’s exceptions were ordered to be heard at general term in the first instance.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
Upon the trial it appeared from a certificate duly made and recorded as required by law that the entire capital-stock of the Avery Machine Company was issued in payment of property. Thereupon plaintiff- offered to prove the value of such property, which was objected to -by the defendant on the ground that the testimony offered tended to prove a charge of fraud, and was therefore inadmissible for want of appropriate allegations in the complaint. The complaint alleged that at the time when, the indebtedness to plaintiff accrued the capital stock was not fully paid in, and under this plaintiff…
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