Case Name: Towne & a. v. Lancaster Starch Co. & a.
Court: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1882-06
Citations: 62 N.H. 694
Docket Number: 
Parties: Towne & a. v. Lancaster Starch Co. & a.
Judges: Stanley, Allen, and Carpenter, JJ., did not sit: the others concurred.
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 62
Pages: 694–694

Head Matter:
[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.

Opinion:
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.