Minnesota Statutes 316.17 – Enforcement of Stockholders’ Liability; Hearing; Notice Of
When it shall be made to appear by the petition of a receiver or assignee of a corporation, or of any creditor thereof whose claim has been filed, that any constitutional, statutory, or other liability of stockholders or directors, or both, exists, and that it is necessary to resort to the same, the court shall appoint a time for hearing, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days thereafter, and order such notice thereof to be served on each person against whom such liability is claimed in the same manner a summons is served in a civil action, and said notice shall also be published as the court shall order. Such notice shall specify, in a general way, the nature of the liability claimed in the petition and the amount thereof against the person upon whom it is so served. When the receiver is not the petitioner, personal notice shall be given to the receiver.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 316.17
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.