In re a Majority of the Directors of the Simonds Furnace Co.
New York Supreme Court
The Simonds Furnace Company is a domestic corporation. A majority of the directors of the Simonds Furnace Company by petition in the usual form in proceedings for a voluntary dissolution of a corporation, obtained an order from the Supreme Court on the 6th day of October, 1899, directing that all persons interested in the said corporation show cause at a Special Term of the Supreme Court on the 13th day of January, 1900, why the said corporation should not be dissolved.
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The Simonds Furnace Company is a domestic corporation. A majority of the directors of the Simonds Furnace Company by petition in the usual form in proceedings for a voluntary dissolution of a corporation, obtained an order from the Supreme Court on the 6th day of October, 1899, directing that all persons interested in the said corporation show cause at a Special Term of the Supreme Court on the 13th day of January, 1900, why the said corporation should not be dissolved. By the said order Lewis W. Raymond was appointed temporary receiver, and the said order further provided: “That all persons…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
The contract of the Boviard & Seyfang Manufacturing Company to furnish the Simonds Furnace Company with a boiler and castings was made at Bradford, Pa. By the contract the goods were to be delivered in New York city, to be included in, and made a part of the building of said Lynch. This transaction was not a violation of the provisions of sections 15 and 16 of the General Corporation Law which prohibited foreign stock corporations- transacting business in this State until they comply with the provisions of said sections. Nonresidence is not a bar to the right to file a lien under the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Campbell v. . CoonNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Reading Hardware Co. v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Co. v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905