Morrison v. Dorsey
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The Chesapeake- Mutual Land and Building Association of Baltimore City, incorporated under the provisions of the General Incorporation Law, (1868, ch. 471,) in 1869, became actively engaged in the business for which it was organized, and so continued until sometime in the year 1874, whem becoming embarrassed, its affairs were by a decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, dated 1st December, 1874, placed in the hands of the…
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The Chesapeake- Mutual Land and Building Association of Baltimore City, incorporated under the provisions of the General Incorporation Law, (1868, ch. 471,) in 1869, became actively engaged in the business for which it was organized, and so continued until sometime in the year 1874, whem becoming embarrassed, its affairs were by a decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, dated 1st December, 1874, placed in the hands of the appellants as receivers. By a subsequent order of that Court, the receivers were directed to institute such suits as they might…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
This suit is brought by the appellants, receivers of the Chesapeake Mutual Land and Building Association of Baltimore City, to recover of the appellee, certain unpaid instalments on his subscription to. the capital stock of said company.
Besides the money counts, the declaration alleges, that the defendant agreed to take five shares of the stock of the Association, and to pay therefor in weekly instalments of one dollar per share in each and every week until the whole amount due on said subscription was paid.
To support this count in the declaration, the plaintiffs offered in evidence a by-law…
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