Shellington v. Howland

By the Court, Talcott, J.

This action was brought to charge the defendant as a stockholder of the “Pen-field Paper Company,” a corporation created under the ‘1 Act to authorize the formation of corporations for manufacturing, mining, mechanical or chemical purposes,” (Laws of 1848, chap. 40,) for a debt due to the plaintiff. *15for services performed by him as a servant and laborer for the corporation. This case was once before brought to the General Term, and a verdict for the plaintiff was there set aside and a new trial ordered, on account of a failure to prove compliance with the condition…