Hawkins v. Glenn
131 U.S. 319 (1889)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Hawkins v. Glenn, 131 U.S. 319 (1889)
Hawkins v. Glenn
No. 266
Argued April 22-23, 1889
Decided May 13, 1889
131 U.S. 319
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
Syllabus
In the absence of fraud, stockholders are bound by a decree against their corporation in respect to corporate matters, and such a decree is not open to collateral attack.
Statutes of limitation do not commence to run as against subscriptions to stock, payable as called for, until a call or its equivalent has been had, and subscribers cannot object, when an assessment to pay debts has been made, that the corporate duty in this regard had not been earlier discharged.
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