Wishard v. Hansen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. W. F. Conrad, Judge. Action at law, commenced by Wishard & Cole, on a judgment rendered against the Zoological Park Company of Des Moines, Iowa, to recover of the defendant, H. C. Hansen, on account of stock of the company purchased by him, on which he is alleged to be liable as a stockholder, for unpaid stock. Robert Fullerton, doing business as the Chicago Lumber Company, and B. P. White, intervened.
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Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. W. F. Conrad, Judge. Action at law, commenced by Wishard & Cole, on a judgment rendered against the Zoological Park Company of Des Moines, Iowa, to recover of the defendant, H. C. Hansen, on account of stock of the company purchased by him, on which he is alleged to be liable as a stockholder, for unpaid stock. Robert Fullerton, doing business as the Chicago Lumber Company, and B. P. White, intervened. Each of the interveners holds an unpaid judgment against the Zoological Park Company, and seeks to recover thereon against Hansen, as a stockholder, and…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
1 -The Zoological Park Company was organized in the year of 1889. At about the time it was organized, L. M. Mann was the owner of a tract of sixty-three acres of land, situated in the city of Des Moines, and a syndicate was formed which had for its object the organizing of the park company, and the purchase of the land. A contract was entered into with Mann, under which he conveyed the land to the park company. The consideration for the conveyance was twenty thousand dollars in money and real estate, furnished by the syndicate, and forty thousand dollars in bonds, secured by a mortgage on the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. NeumannMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
- Osgood & Moss v. KingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
- Jackson v. TraerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1884
- English v. WaplesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1862
- Boulton Carbon Co. v. MillsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1889
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- Western Improvement Co. v. Des Moines National BankSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
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