New Haven Horse Nail Co. v. Linden Spring Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity against a corporation established under the laws of the State of Connecticut, and having its usual place of business at Boston in this Common wealth, and against David A. Andrews, Ambrose Eastman, and Hubbard W. Tilton, alleging the following facts : The plaintiff, a corporation established under the laws of the State of Connecticut, and having its usual place of business in that State, is a creditor of the defendant corporation, its claim being evidenced by…
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Bill in equity against a corporation established under the laws of the State of Connecticut, and having its usual place of business at Boston in this Common wealth, and against David A. Andrews, Ambrose Eastman, and Hubbard W. Tilton, alleging the following facts : The plaintiff, a corporation established under the laws of the State of Connecticut, and having its usual place of business in that State, is a creditor of the defendant corporation, its claim being evidenced by promissory notes. The defendant corporation was organized on or about June 23, 1879, with a capital stock fixed at…
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
The claim of the plaintiff, a foreign corporation, is upon certain promissory notes signed by the principal defendant, also a foreign corporation. This latter corporation has no property which can be reached so as to be attached, and the plaintiff seeks to establish, as against the individual defendants, that they are under such a liability to the principal defendant that they may be treated as its debtors, and ordered, as its equitable trustees, to pay their debt to the plaintiff, so far as that may be necessary, in order to discharge the plaintiff’s claim against the defendant corporation.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Terry v. LittleSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Andover & Medford Turnpike Corp. v. GouldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
- Seymour v. . SturgessNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Kansas & Eastern Railroad Construction Co. v. Topeka, Salina & Western RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers Rail Road v. BaileySupreme Court of Vermont · 1852
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