Samuel Blatchford

“ Clyde, 86 N. Y. 384, the complaint alleged that, in pursuance of a certain agreement, a corporation 'was duly organized under the laws of this state.' It was contended, on a demurrer to the complaint, that the agreement was illegal, because it provided that the parties thereto, consisting of five persons only, should form a corporation, whereas the statute contemplated that at least seven persons should unite in order to form a corporation. ”

“ The motion was denied by the court, and the defendant excepted to the ruling.
The court charged the jury that the only question was whether the article was wrought or unwrought metal; that the word 'wrought' meant wrought into something suitable for use, and not merely wrought in some manner, by being manufactured or treated; that, if the article was a mere excess of material, left after the making of steel rails, it was not wrought metal, within the sense of the statute; that, if it was something left over in excess of the material, the jury were to return a verdict for the plaintiff ”

“ It also appeared that such ends, when imported, were sold as an article of merchandise in this country, and were sometimes remelted in furnaces; and that they were sometimes used, after importation, for manufacturing other articles, by reheating them, without their being remelted, and had a value as a manufactured article, other than for the purpose of remelting. ”