Legal Opinion

Gow v. Collin & Parker Lumber Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided March 31, 1896PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Muskegon; Russell, J. Bill by James Gow and another to establish the individual liability of the stockholders in the Collin & Parker Lumber Company for the payment of its debts, to foreclose certain mortgages, and for other relief. Prom a decreé dismissing the bill on demurrer of the defendant John A. Elwell, complainants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.

The complainants, James Gow and John ■Campbell, are copartners composing the firm of Gow & Campbell, engaged in a general lumber business at North Muskegon, where they own a mill. July 30, 1890, the defendants William W. Collin, Charles H. Parker, and John A. Elwell incorporated under the name of the *46Collin & Parker Lumber Company, for the purpose of “the purchase, manufacture, and sale of lumber, shingles, and other forest products, and carrying on a general lumbering bhsiness, and, incident thereto, to purchase and sell timber lands and timber,” and to that end executed and filed articles…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Swartwout v. Michigan Air Line RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
  2. Thompson v. HowardMichigan Supreme Court · 1875
  3. Jewett v. PetitMichigan Supreme Court · 1857
  4. Doyle v. MiznerMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
  5. Farwell v. MyersMichigan Supreme Court · 1886

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. National Hardware Co. v. SherwoodCalifornia Supreme Court · 1913
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  5. Love v. RamseyMichigan Supreme Court · 1905

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