J. L. Mott Iron Works v. Arnold

This is an action on the case brought by the plaintiff, a creditor of the Pawtucket Steam and Gas Pipe Company, a Rhode Island corporation created by special act of the General Assembly, to enforce certain statutory liabilities alleged to have been incurred by the defendant as a director of said company, under the provisions of Pub. Stat. R. I. 1882, cap. 155, later re-enacted as Gen. Laws, R. I. 1896, cap. 180.

The declaration contains three counts, but the second, since abandoned by the plaintiff, need not be considered.

In the first count the plaintiff attempts to set forth a case within…