Southmayd v. Russ
Supreme Court of Connecticut
THIS was a scire facias against the individual members of the Middletown Manufacturing Company, on a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, against that company, in its corporate capacity.
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THIS was a scire facias against the individual members of the Middletown Manufacturing Company, on a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, against that company, in its corporate capacity. The plaintiffs stated, that they brought their action on book to the Micldlctown city court, held on the second Tuesday of August, 1817, against the Middletown Manufacturing Company, located and transacting business within said city, demanding two hundred dollars, damages ; that the writ was duly served and returned, and was continued to the term of said court, held on the second Tuesday of September, 1817,…
1Opinion of the Court
Hüsmer, Ch. J.
This is an action of scire facias to enforce the payment of a judgment against the Middletown Manufacturing Company, from the members who compose it.
By an act of the general assembly, the company were created a corporation. Aware, however, of the hazard to ■which creditors might be subjected, if they could have recourse to the corporation only, for the satisfaction of their debts, the legislature subjoined a provision to their charter, in the following words : “ That the persons and property of the members of said corporation, shall, at all times, be liable for all debts due by…
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