Dauchy v. Brown
Supreme Court of Vermont
' Debt. The declaration contains several counts; the four first, state an indebtedness to the plaintiffs by the Pawlet Manufacturing Company, and that by a provision in their charter the defendants are liable as stockholders, in their private and individual capacity.
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' Debt. The declaration contains several counts; the four first, state an indebtedness to the plaintiffs by the Pawlet Manufacturing Company, and that by a provision in their charter the defendants are liable as stockholders, in their private and individual capacity. The remaining counts are on account stated, for goods and merchandise sold and delivered, for money had and received, paid, laid out' and expended, under which plaintiffs seek to recover for same matters upon a common law liability, independent of any provision in the charter of the corporation. This action came on to be tried,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Isham, J.
The declaration in this case, which is in debt, contains several counts, the four first of which state an indebtedness to the plaintiff by the Pawlet Manufacturing Company, and that by a provision in their charter the defendants are liable as stockholders for the payment of that indebtedness in their private and individual capacity. The remaining counts are on an account stated, for goods and merchandise sold and delivered, for money had and received, paid, laid out and expended, and under which the plaintiff seeks to recover the same matters…
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