Whitney v. . Cammann
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of Flew York, entered upon an order made February 3, 1892, which overruled defendants’ exceptions, denied a motion for a new trial and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff upon verdict directed by the court.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of Flew York, entered upon an order made February 3, 1892, which overruled defendants’ exceptions, denied a motion for a new trial and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff upon verdict directed by the court. This action was brought against defendants as trustees of the Wallace Electric Manufacturing Company, which was organized under the General Manufacturing Act (Chap. 40, Laws of 1848), to charge them because of an alleged failure to file an annual report, with personal liability for the amount of a judgment…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The defendants are the trustees of a manufacturing corporation organized in October, 1884, under the act of 1848 as amended by chapter 560 of the Laws of 1875, and carrying on its business in the city of New York. The plaintiff obtained the judgment appealed from for professional services performed for the corporation and contracted for in November, 1886, and rendered between the 17th of February, 1888, and the 1st of January, 1889, on the ground of the failure to file the annual report prescribed by section 12 of the act of 1848 as amended by chapter 510, of the Laws of 1875. The report was…
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