Ferguson v. Gill
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by James H. Ferguson and another, as surviving partners-of Henry Lovejoy, composing the firm of Lovejoy, Son & Co., against George H. Gill, to recover a debt of the Lithographoid Engraving & Printing Company, on the ground that defendant, being trustee of the company, joined in the making and filing of a false certificate that the capital stock had been paid in.
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Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by James H. Ferguson and another, as surviving partners-of Henry Lovejoy, composing the firm of Lovejoy, Son & Co., against George H. Gill, to recover a debt of the Lithographoid Engraving & Printing Company, on the ground that defendant, being trustee of the company, joined in the making and filing of a false certificate that the capital stock had been paid in. From an order setting aside a verdict in favor of defendant, and granting a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
This action was brought to enforce a liability against defendant for certain debts of a corporation organized under the manufacturing act, (Laws 1848,) on the ground that he, being a trustee of that company, joined in the making and filing of a false certificate that the capital stock of the company had been paid in. The trial resulted in a verdict for the defendant, and thereupon the plaintiffs moved the trial court, on the minutes, to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial, on the ground that it was against the evidence, and on the ground of rulings made upon the trial, and upon all…
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