Wakefield v. . Fargo
New York Court of Appeals
These are appeals from judgments of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the third judicial department, entered upon orders made February 11,1881, which affirmed judgments in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a decision of. the court on trial without a jury.
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These are appeals from judgments of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the third judicial department, entered upon orders made February 11,1881, which affirmed judgments in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a decision of. the court on trial without a jury. These actions were brought by plaintiff as assignee of the claims for services of certain alleged laborers and servants of The High Rock Congress Spring Company, a corporation organized under the act, chapter 63, Laws of 1863, to enforce the liability imposed by section eighteen of the General Manufacturing Act (Chap. 40, Laws of…
1Opinion of the CourtDanforth, J.
We agree with the Glen eral Term in the conclusion that “The High Bock Congress Spring Co.,” was organized under the act of 1863, chapter 63, entitled “ An act to extend the operation and effect of the act passed February 17, 1848, entitled An act to authorize the formation of corporations for manufacturing, mining, mechanical, or chemical purposes;’” and that by the provisions of section two, the stockholders composing it became subject to the liabilities im-. posed by section eighteen of the original act, and therefore “liable for all debts that maybe due and owing to their laborers,…
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