Warren v. Mayer
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. George G. Hitchcock, Judge. (1) A dividend, properly declared, becomes, from tbe time of its declaration, an enforcible claim against tbe company, whether or not a specific fund is set aside out of which to pay it. McLaran v. Mill Co., 117 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. George G. Hitchcock, Judge. (1) A dividend, properly declared, becomes, from tbe time of its declaration, an enforcible claim against tbe company, whether or not a specific fund is set aside out of which to pay it. McLaran v. Mill Co., 117 Mo. App. 40'; Wheeler v. Sleigh Co., 39 Fed. 347; Beers v. Spring Co., 42 Conn. 17; Hill v. Newichawanick, 8 Hun (N. Y.) 459; Hopper v. Sage, 112 N. Y. 530; Bright v. Lord, 51 Ind. 272; Terry v. Lock Co., 47 'Conn. 141; Hunt v. O’Shea, 69 N. H. 6001; 2 Thompson •on Priv. Corp., sec. 2134; 9 Am. & Eng. Ency.…
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, P. J.
This is a suit, filed to the October term, 1907, of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, against Henry Mayer, Morris Mayer and Frederick Mayer, as stockholders, officers and directors of the A. B. Mayer Manufacturing Company, for an accounting and to recover from them as individuals the amount of a judgment, together with costs and interest, in favor of plaintiff and against the A. B. Mayer Manufacturing Company. The petition, after averring the incorporation of the A. B. Mayer Manufacturing Company, and that it entered upon its business as a manufacturing corporation, avers that…
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- Union Bank of Chicago v. Kansas City BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Wood v. DummerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1824
- Roan v. WinnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- Foster v. Mullanphy Planing Mill Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- Shields v. HobartSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
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