Pope v. Leonard
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The eirst case was a bill in equity filed June 3, 1870, by two judgment creditors of a corporation, against the officers and stockholders thereof, but not joining the corporation as a party defendant. The bill did not purport to be in behalf of the plaintiffs and all the other creditors of the corporation, but alleged “ that the plaintiffs are the only creditors of said company known to the plaintiffs.”
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The eirst case was a bill in equity filed June 3, 1870, by two judgment creditors of a corporation, against the officers and stockholders thereof, but not joining the corporation as a party defendant. The bill did not purport to be in behalf of the plaintiffs and all the other creditors of the corporation, but alleged “ that the plaintiffs are the only creditors of said company known to the plaintiffs.” The grounds upon which the defendants were sought to be made liable are stated in the opinion of the court. Certain of the defendants demurred and the case was reserved on bill and demurrer by…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
This is a bill in equity against the officers and the stockholders of the Salamanca Oil and Refining Company, alleged to be a manufacturing corporation established under the Gen. Sts. c. 61.
The plaintiffs seek to hold such of the defendants as are officers personally liable, upon the ground that they did not file in the clerk’s office of the city of Boston the certificates required by the St. of 1862, e. 210, and also upon the ground that they signed the certificate required by the Gen. Sts. c. 61, § 8, knowing it to be false. They seek to hold the stockholders personally liable, upon the…
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