Costello v. Outterson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
.• Appeal, by the' defendants, Charles E. Outterson and another,, from a judgment of the Supreme Court- in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Jefferson-on the 8th day of January, 1906, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Jefferson Trial Term, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Nash, J.:
This action was brought to recovér an indebtedness of the Columbian Box Company to the plaintiffs because of the failure of the defendants, who were directors of the corporation, to make and file, as provided by section 30 of the Stock Corporation- Law (Laws of 1892, chap. 688), the annual report of the company during the mouth of January, 1895.
The company was organized as a corporation under the Business Corporations Law (Laws of 1892, chap. 691), for the manufacture and sale of fancy boxes, with a capital of $10,000. Its principal office was at Brownville, N. T. Its capital stock…
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