Came v. Brigham
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
ON REPORT from Nisi Prius, Shepley, C. J., presiding. Action on the Case to recover of defendant, as a stockholder of the Buckfield Branch Railroad Corporation, the amount due to the plaintiff on a judgment recovered against the corporation. The Court were authorized to draw such conclusions as a jury might, and enter judgment by default or nonsuit, as the facts and law should warrant.
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ON REPORT from Nisi Prius, Shepley, C. J., presiding. Action on the Case to recover of defendant, as a stockholder of the Buckfield Branch Railroad Corporation, the amount due to the plaintiff on a judgment recovered against the corporation. The Court were authorized to draw such conclusions as a jury might, and enter judgment by default or nonsuit, as the facts and law should warrant. A copy of the judgment, execution and officer’s return thereon were introduced and evidence that defendant was a stockholder, also the act of incorporation and the records. The objections made to the…
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, J.
— The plaintiff in this case having recovered judgment against the Buckfield Railroad Company, and having failed to obtain satisfaction of the execution issued thereon, has brought this suit against the defendant, who is claimed to be a member of that corporation to recover of him the amount due, in pursuance of the provisions of R. S., c. 16, § § 18, 1.9, 20. To its maintenance numerous objections have been interposed, which it becomes necessary carefully to examine.
1. It is insisted, that there is no evidence of the existence of the alleged corporation. It is in general sufficient to give…
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