Neilson v. Pennsylvania Coal & Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county by plaintiff as receiver of the Pennsylvania Coal & Oil Company, an insolvent corporation, to enforce the liability of its stockholders. W. S. Dwinnell and other creditors intervened, and the matter of their claims was tried before Elliott, J., who found in favor of Dwinnell in the sum of $5,355. Prom an order denying a motion for a new trial, Frank Heywood and others, intervenors and also defendants, appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
Action against the Pennsylvania Coal & Oil Company, hereinafter referred to as the “Coal Company,’’ an insolvent corporation, and its stockholders, to enforce their liability for its debts. The claim of the respondent herein, W. S. Dwinnell, against the coal company, based upon its alleged promise to pay the indebtedness hereinafter stated, was allowed in the sum of $5,355. Certain other creditors and stockholders appealed from an order denying their motion for a new trial of the issues as to such claim.
The facts, as to this particular claim, found by the trial court, briefly…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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