Legal Opinion
Dorr Pump & Mfg. Co. v. Heath
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 18, 1942No. 7786PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINTON, Circuit Judge.
Under the law of Wisconsin, the stockholders of every corporation, except railroad corporations, have a double liability to clerks, servants and laborers for services rendered the corporation, not in excess of six months. Wisconsin Statutes 1939 (15th Edition), Sec. 182.23.
The Dorr Pump and Manufacturing Company, a Wisconsin corporation, was in bankruptcy. Some of its wage earners were threatening to file and some had filed suit against certain stockholders of the corporation to recover for their services. A group of stockholders of the bankrupt corporation made payment…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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