Norfolk v. American Steam Gas Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed November 5, 1866, to charge individual defendants as officers in a manufacturing corporation, with personal liability, under the St. of 1862, c. 218, for a debt of the corporation ; heard, on the pleadings and plaintiffs’ evidence only, by the chief justice, who, without requiring the defendants to introduce any evidence to sustain their defence, reserved for the determination of the full court the case which is stated in the opinion;
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
This suit is brought to enforce an alleged liability against the officers of the American Steam Gas Company, a manufacturing corporation organized in January 1860. At the hearing there was evidence tending to show that the defendants neglected to file the annual certificate required by law until May 25,1861; and that the corporation owed the plaintiff Norfolk a debt, a portion of which was contracted between May 11 and May 25, 1861. For the portion of the debt contracted prior to May 25 the officers are individually liable. The question in the case is, whether the plaintiffs have complied…
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