Sinclair v. . Fuller
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered October 23, 1896, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Circuit without a jury, and granting a new trial.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered October 23, 1896, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Circuit without a jury, and granting a new trial. October 16, 1888, the Adams Furniture and Manufacturing Company, Limited, was incorporated under chapter 611 of the Laws of 1875 and the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto for the purpose of manufacturing and selling furniture, having its office and principal place of business at the village of Adams, N. Y. It…
1Opinion of the Court
Parker, Ch. J.
The question up for decision is, was the defendant on the 21st day of December, 1894, a director of tlie corporation to which the plaintiff on that day made the loan that she now seeks to recover ? It is not pretended that there exists any liability against the stockholders of this insolvent corporation in favor of its creditors. The directors omitted to file reports for the years 1892,1893,1894 and 1895, as* required by section thirty of the Stock Corporation Law, by reason whereof they became personally liable for all the debts of the corporation “ then existing, and for all…
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