Guilbert v. Kessinger
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court.-—Hon. Thos. J. Seehorn, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
.TRIMBLE, J.
—The Buckeye Land and Town Company was a Kansas corporation organized in 1887, with a capital stock of $50,000 divided into 1000 shares of $50 each. It was, and is now, claimed by .the plaintiff that the defendant (who is appellant here) was one of its directors and stockholders, but paid into the corporate treasury on his stock less than 20 per cent of its face or par value.
On January 6, 1899, the corporation executed a note to Houston Hay for $1046 due 90 days after date. On January 11, 1902, the corporation became, and thereafter remained, insolvent. On that day the…
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