Hendrix v. Academy of Music
Supreme Court of Georgia
Corporations. Stock. Charters. Contracts. Evidence. Pleadings. Fraud. Waiver. Before Judge Simmons. Bibb Superior Court.
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Corporations. Stock. Charters. Contracts. Evidence. Pleadings. Fraud. Waiver. Before Judge Simmons. Bibb Superior Court. April Term, 1884. Reported in the decision. cited on points decided, Thompson L. S., §120 ; Morawetz §§275, 265, 276, 287, 290; Code, §2857; 10 N. Y., 550; 7 Sim., 337; 1 Milne & C., 650 ; 17 N. Y. Sup’r Ct., 56 ; 30 Ala., 92 ; 8 Neb., 99; Code, §3802; 2 Whart; Ev., §§927-8; 36 Ga., 669 ; 68 Id., 448; 19 Ind., 214, 242 ; 15 Id., 80; Morawetz, §§299, 309 ; 30 Ala., 92; 3 Dill., 496; 17 Tex., 560 ; 29 N. J. Ecp, 188; Code, §§2634, 3173, 3177, 1003 ; 36 Ga., 669; 34 Md., 318 ;…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The Academy of Music, a corporation,. brought suit *440against the defendant to recover from him a subscription for forty shares of its stock, at $25 per share, aggregating $1,000. The subscription was taken prior to the proceedings incorporating the company, and under the following agreement:
“ We, the undersigned, hereby subscribe for the amount of stock opposite our names, and agree to pay the same in four quarterly installments, viz.: February 15th, April 15th, June 15th and August 15th, for the purpose of forming a company to erect an Academy of Music."
By the terms of the…
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