Mississippi, Ouachita & Red River R. R. v. Cross
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Writ of Error to Hempstead Circuit Court. Hon. Harris Flanagin, Special Judge. We think that the merits of this case are settled by the deciion of this Court in the case of Booker, Ex parte, upon an application by one of the stockholders of the company to enjoin the company from collecting the calls made on account of his subscription. See 18 Ark. Rep. 338. We also cite 21 Vermont 30; 13 Metcalf 311; Amer. Railroad Cases 226, 422; Chester Glass Co. vs. Dewey, 16 Mass.
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Writ of Error to Hempstead Circuit Court. Hon. Harris Flanagin, Special Judge. We think that the merits of this case are settled by the deciion of this Court in the case of Booker, Ex parte, upon an application by one of the stockholders of the company to enjoin the company from collecting the calls made on account of his subscription. See 18 Ark. Rep. 338. We also cite 21 Vermont 30; 13 Metcalf 311; Amer. Railroad Cases 226, 422; Chester Glass Co. vs. Dewey, 16 Mass. R. 94. As to the variation in the road not being the subject of a plea, see London Brighton R. R. Co. vs. Wilson, 6 Bing.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice English
Assumpsit, by the Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River RailRoad Company against Edward Cross, in the Hempstead Circuit Court, commenced 2d May, 1856.
The object of the suit was to recover the calls due upon ten shares (of $ 100 each) of the capital stock of the company subscribed by the defendant.
The defendant pleaded the general issue, with leave to introduce special matter in evidence. The cause was submitted to a jury at December term, 1856, on an agreement of facts, in substance, as follows:
John Dockery, and others, (the defendant not being one of the number,) on the 29th November, 1852,…
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