Addicott v. Upton

Plaintiffs are former employees and defendants are stockholders of Knoppel, Inc. a now *526defunct corporation. Prior to this action, plaintiffs had recovered judgments against Knoppel for unpaid wages.

Executions were issued pursuant to these judgments and were returned nulla bona. Plaintiffs then instituted this action against the stockholders for the payment of wages authorized by BJA § 2908.1 The statute authorizes a civil action against any or all the stockholders of a corporation for labor performed where an execution has been returned nulla bona.

James Jolman, a janitor, and John Yonkers, a…