Continental & Commercial National Bank v. Emery
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Muskegon; Sullivan, J. Assumpsit by the Continental & Commercial National Bank against John G. Emery, Jr., George A. Hume, and others, to enforce the statutory liability of the directors of the American Electric Fuse Company. From an order overruling a demurrer to the declaration, defendant Hume brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
It is alleged in the declaration that between April 20, 1911, and June 29, 1911, the American Electric Fuse Company, a domestic corporation, contracted an indebtedness to plaintiff; that on June 29, 1911, the corporation was adjudged to *613be bankrupt; that, when the said indebtedness was contracted, defendants were directors and officers of the said corporation, whose duty it was to join in making during the month of January or February, 1911, duplicate annual reports of the corporation, which duty they neglected and refused to perform. One of the defendants demurred to the declaration; the…
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