Dean v. Whiton

Gilbert, J.:

This action was one against all the stockholders of a corporation which was formed under the general manufacturing act of 1848 (chapter 40), and was brought to enforce the joint and several liability, for wages of a servant or laborer, imposed upon them by section eighteen of that act. Some of the defendants, including Whiton and Chase, appeared and answered. The action was tried by the court without a jury. Intermediate the trial and the decision of the court, the plaintiff, upon the consent of Chase’s attorney, but without the consent of the other defendants, discontinued the…