Montgomery v. Brush Electric Illuminating Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Brush Electric Illuminating Company of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 23d day of August, 1899, upon the report of a referee.
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, J.:
The action was brought to enforce the liability of the appellant as a stockholder of the Brush-Swan Electric Light Company of New England, under section 10 of the Manufacturing Act of 1848 (Chap. 40), as continued by section 54 of the Stock Corporation Law of 1892 (Chap. 688). The alleged liability of the defendant as such stockholder was because of the non-payment for defendant’s stock in money, or property, as required by the statute. The plaintiff was the assignee of claims of Messrs. Evarts, Choate & Beaman and of William G. Wilson for professional services rendered by them to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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