Legal Opinion

State v. Front & Union Street Railway Co.

New York Court of General Session of the Peace

Decided July 5, 1918No. Indictment No. 18Published

Front and Union Street Railway Company was indicted at the February term, 1916, for failing to file with the Secretary of State a copy of its annual report, under section 152, c. 65, Rev. Code 1915 (section 2066) of the General Incorporation Law. On motion to quash the fourth count in the indictment on the ground that the defendant, having been incorporated prior to the passage of the General Incorporation Law, was not bound by the provisions thereof.

1Opinion of the Court

Pennewill, C. J.,

delivering the opinion of the court:

The Front and Union Street Railway Company was indicted at the February term, 1916, of the Court of General Sessions in New Castle County for “failing to file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, within fifteen days from the expiration-of its said fiscal year, to wit, within fifteen days from the thirty-first day of December, A. D. 1914, a certified copy of an annual report to the stockholders of said company * * * as the said company was required to do by the provisions of section 152 of chapter 65 of the Revised Code of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bay State Gas Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1904

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