Powell v. Murray
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Edward F. Murray and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 6th day of November, 1895, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
This action seeks to charge a personal liability upon the defendants as stockholders of the National Electric Manufacturing and ■Construction Company of New York, a corporation organized, as .appears by its charter, .- for <( the manufacture of electric lamp ¡sockets, safety cut-outs and the appliances connected with and used in the setting up and perfecting of electric machinery and electric light and electric motor plants for public and private uses and purposes.” Its capital stock was $50,000, divided into 500 shares of :$100 each. The defendants were the only stockholders of the…
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