Peake v. Wabash Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Thebe was a verdict and judgment, in the Clark Circuit Court, for the defendant in error. The opinion of the court furnishes a statement of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSkinner, J.
This was an action of assumpsit. The declaration contains a count in mdebitabus assumpsit for moneys due on certain installments of stock subscribed, by the defendant below, in the Wabash Railroad Company, and the ordinary common counts.
The defendant pleaded non-assunvpsit and nul tiel corporation, upon which issues were joined; also, several other pleas, to which a demurrer was sustained. On the trial, the plaintiff proved the incorporation of the company, and, to establish the organization of the same, under the act of incorporation, proved, by the secretary of the company, and who was also…
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