Gettysburg National Bank v. Brown
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Carroll County (Jokes, C. J.) Plaintiff's 1st Prayer. That by the uncontradicted evidence in this case, the United Milk Producers’ Association of Baltimore City was a corporation of such a nature that it could not be. fairly presumed by any stockholder that it would not begin business until all the authorized increase in capital stock had been subscribed for and that therefore, the defense attempted to be interposed by the'defendant bearing…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Carroll County (Jokes, C. J.) Plaintiff's 1st Prayer. That by the uncontradicted evidence in this case, the United Milk Producers’ Association of Baltimore City was a corporation of such a nature that it could not be. fairly presumed by any stockholder that it would not begin business until all the authorized increase in capital stock had been subscribed for and that therefore, the defense attempted to be interposed by the'defendant bearing upon the alleged non-subscription for the full amount of said authorized increase in capital stock, is no defense to the…
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
This suit was brought by a creditor of the United Milk Producers’ Association, an insolvent corporation, against the appellee, one of its stockholders, to enforce the liability imposed by the 64th section of Article 23 of the Code of Public General Laws. The association was incorporated, as appears from the certificate, on the 5th day of December, 1899. The purposes of its creation were for dealing in milk and cream and the manufacture of the same into butter, cheese, ice-cream, condensed milk, and other by-products, for -buying, selling, and exchanging eggs, poultry and other'farm products,…
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