New York Court of Appeals

Morris K. Jessup, Respondents v. Andrew Carnegie, Appellants

April 6, 188080 N.Y. 441

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the lower court, holding that the Iowa Supreme Court's construction of its statutes is controlling, that the Davenport Railway Construction Company was not a railroad corporation exempt from liability, and that the stockholders were not personally liable because the statutory conditions for imposing such liability were not satisfied.