Savage v. Shaw
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill IN equity seeking payment under R. L. c. 112, § 19, from the defendants, directors of the Marlborough Street Railway Company, of a judgment rendered for the plaintiff in an action of tort for personal injuries against that corporation.
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Bill IN equity seeking payment under R. L. c. 112, § 19, from the defendants, directors of the Marlborough Street Railway Company, of a judgment rendered for the plaintiff in an action of tort for personal injuries against that corporation. The suit was begun as an action at law by writ in the Superior Court for the county of Middlesex dated July 5, 1904, and changed by amendment into a suit in equity on October 21, 1904. There was a trial before Lawton, J., who entered a decree dismissing the bill, and the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
The plaintiff on July 5,1904, recovered a judgment against the Marlborough Street Railway Company in an action of tort for injuries received by him while a passenger on a car of that company. His judgment has remained unpaid ; and he seeks in this bill to hold the defendants, as directors of that company, for its payment, under the provisions of R. L. c. 112, § 19. This statute provides that “ The directors of a street railway company shall be jointly and severally liable, to the extent of its capital stock, for all its debts and contracts until the whole amount of its capital stock as…
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