Bernard v. . Carr
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Cline, J., at September Term, 1914, of BuncoMbe. Civil action, tried upon exceptions to a report of referee. From tbe judgment rendered the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
BeowN, <7.
This is an action brought by the trustee in bankruptcy of an insolvent corporation to collect the assessment made upon a stockholder for unpaid stock. It appears from the findings of fact that the defendant Louis Carr was a stockholder in the said corporation, owning ten paid-up shares. Afterwards, in order to induce the defendant to give the corporation the benefit of bis influence, and in order that he might become a director, the defendant was given twenty shares of the capital stock of the corporation of the par value of $100 each.
It is contended that the defendant did not…
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