Lee v. Jacob
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term, New York comity. Action by Alleine Lee against William H. Jacob and another. From a judgment on an order adjudging defendants’ answer frivolous, and ordering judgment for plaintiff for the relief demanded in the complaint, defendants appeal. Transferred from First to Second department.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
By this action the plaintiff seeks to charge the defendants with liability, as directors of a domestic corporation, for omitting to file an annual report as required by the statute. The facts out of which the liability is claimed to arise are averred in the complaint, and are these: The Jacob & Skinner Realty Company was a domestic corporation, organized under the laws of this state, and' having its place of business in the borough of Manhattan; that, being indebted to the plaintiff, it made and executed its bond, dated May 24, 1895, conditioned for the payment of $17,000 on the 24th day of…
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