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Towne et al. v. Lancaster Starch Co. et al.

June 1, 1882 - Opinion

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June 1, 1882 Towne et al. v. Lancaster Starch Co. et al. Current page Opinion Supreme Court Reporter

[Coos,

June, 1882.]

Towne & a. v. Lancaster Starch Co. & a.

In Equity. Facts found by the court.

Bay, Brew ¿f Jordan, Bingham, Mitchells ¿f BatcheUor, and Bingham <f Aldrich, for the plaintiffs.

W. 3. Beywood and Ladd cf Fletcher, for the defendants.

Doe, C. J.

By agreement of parties or further trial, there should be a distinct determination of the question whether this is a creditors’ bill for the enforcement of the personal liability of stockholders, or a stockholders’ bill prosecuted in the name of creditors.

Stanley, Allen, and Carpenter, JJ., did not sit: the others concurred.

On a further hearing of the case at the trial term it was found to he a creditors’ suit, and it was subsequently settled by the parties.