Old Colony Boot & Shoe Co. v. Parker-Sampson-Adams Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed November 22,1898, against the ParlcerSampson-Adams Company, a corporation established under Pub. Sts. c. 106, for carrying on the business of purchasing and selling boots and shoes, having its place of business in Boston, and Horace B. Parker, Arch R. Sampson and John W. Adams, its directors and stockholders, to enforce the alleged liability of the individual defendants under Pub.
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Bill in equity, filed November 22,1898, against the ParlcerSampson-Adams Company, a corporation established under Pub. Sts. c. 106, for carrying on the business of purchasing and selling boots and shoes, having its place of business in Boston, and Horace B. Parker, Arch R. Sampson and John W. Adams, its directors and stockholders, to enforce the alleged liability of the individual defendants under Pub. Sts. c. 106, § 60, (R. L. c. 110, § 58.) The case was heard by Hammond, J., who reported the facts found by him, and made a decree that the defendant corporation was indebted to the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
This bill in equity is brought against the defendant corporation and the individual defendants, who were its directors and stockholders, to establish their personal liability for a debt of the company to the plaintiff as shown by a judgment of tbe Superior Court entered July 5, 1898, upon which execution duly issued. All statutory requirements as to its service and return in order to fix the liability of stockholders and *559directors having been fully complied with, the defendants were held liable and a decree in favor of the plaintiff was entered against them, and the case is here on a report…
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