Glenn v. Clabaugh
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The appellee in this case was a subscriber for twenty-five shares of the capital stock of the National Express and Transportation Company, and a certificate .for the same was issued to him. Under the decree of the 14th of December, 1880, an assessment of thirty dollars per-share was levied on the stock of the appellee, and the .amount he was required to pay was seven hundred and fifty dollars.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The appellee in this case was a subscriber for twenty-five shares of the capital stock of the National Express and Transportation Company, and a certificate .for the same was issued to him. Under the decree of the 14th of December, 1880, an assessment of thirty dollars per-share was levied on the stock of the appellee, and the .amount he was required to pay was seven hundred and fifty dollars. The case is further stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, C. J.
This case is in all respects similar to the preceding- cases of Glenn, Trustee vs. Howard, and Glenn, Trustee vs. Savage, except that instead of the defence of final discharge of the defendants under the Bankrupt Law of the United States, as in those cases, we have here the defence that the defendant had duly obtained- a final discharge under the Insolvent Laws of this State, on the 15th of September, 1819, and that the alleged cause of action accrued *67before the filing of his petition. The plaintiff demurred to this plea, and the demurrer was overruled by the Court below, and judgment was…
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