In re Simonds Furnace Co.
New York Supreme Court
In the matter of the application of a majority of the directors of the Simonds Furnace Company for a voluntary dissolution. Application by the receiver for an order to discharge a mechanic’s lien filed by the Bovaird & Seyfang Manufacturing Company against the property of P. H. Lynch. Denied. The Simonds Furnace Company is a domestic corporation.
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In the matter of the application of a majority of the directors of the Simonds Furnace Company for a voluntary dissolution. Application by the receiver for an order to discharge a mechanic’s lien filed by the Bovaird & Seyfang Manufacturing Company against the property of P. H. Lynch. Denied. The Simonds Furnace Company is a domestic corporation. A majority of the directors of the Simonds Furnace Company, by petition in the usual form in proceedings for a voluntary dissolution of a corporation, obtained an order from the supreme court on the 6th day of October, 1899, directing that all…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
The contract of the Bovaird & Seyfang Manufacturing Company to furnish the Simonds Furnace Company with a boiler and castings was made at Bradford, Pa. By the contract, the goods were to be delivered in New York City, to be included in, and made a part of, the building of said Lynch. This transaction was not a violation of the provisions of sections 15 and 16 of the general corporation law, which prohibit foreign stock corporations transacting business in this state until they comply with the provisions of said sections. Nonresidence is not a bar to the right to file a lien under the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Campbell v. . CoonNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- In re the Directors of the Binghamton General Electric Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Matter of B.G.E. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Reading Hardware Co. v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1899