Dutcher v. Marine Nat. Bank

WOODRUFF, Circuit Judge.

The bill herein is filed by the complainant, as assignee in bankruptcy of the Central Bank of Brooklyn, a corporation created by or under the laws of the state of New York. The defendants are alleged to be stockholders in that corporation. The object of the bill is to ■enforce that provision of the constitution of the state of New York which declares that ¡ the stockholders of such a corporation shall j be individually liable for the debts of the j •corporation, to the amount of the stock held by them respectively. The defendants demur to the bill.

I am of opinion that…