Oler v. Baltimore & Randallstown Railroad
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. The first and second exceptions are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. The first and second exceptions are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the Court. The third exception was as follows : (the third and sixth prayers of the defendant, which were waived, being omitted.) After the offer of the hook, in the second hill of exceptions, the plaintiff proved by Fielder O. Slingluff, that he is the president of the plaintiff; that the defendant, Oler, subscribed for sixty shares of its stock, amounting to three thousand dollars; defendant took the hook from…
1Opinion of the CourtBrent, J.
' This is an action of assumpsit brought by the appellee to recover a subscription to its stock, to which the appellant has pleaded non-assumpsit.
The first exception is taken to the -admissibility of the certificate of incorporation of the appellee, as the Baltimore and Randallstown Railroad, offered in evidence, which the appellant insists ought not to have been admitted by the Court below. This certificate of incorporation recites, that certain persons have associated together for the purpose of constructing a horse railroad in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 1870, ch. 476,…
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