People v. . Ballard
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made February 14, 1890, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made February 14, 1890, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. This action was brought, in the name of the people without1 a relator, against a domestic business corporation and its trustees, to compel the latter to account for their official conduct in the management and disposition of its property; to require them to pay over to it the value of all property acquired by themselves, transferred to others,…
1Opinion of the CourtVann, J.
In 1880, the Spring Valley Hydraulic Gold Company was organized as a corporation under the General Manufacturing Act of this state, and shortly thereafter it invested substantially all its capital in certain mines in the state of California, and until the year 1886 operated the same as its sole business. The object for which it was formed, as stated in the certificate of incorporation, was to carry on the business of mining various precious ores and to smelt, refine and sell the product.
In July, 1886, the defendant, trustees transferred all its property, both real and personal, including said…
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