Hogue v. American Steel Foundries
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 50, Oct. T., 1914, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1912, No. 60, for defendant on demurrer to plaintiff’s statement of claim in case of W. T. Hogue and R. F. Hogue, trading as Hogue Brothers & Company, v. American Steel Foundries, a corporation. Assumpsit to recover amount equivalent to dividends on preferred stock. Before Cohen, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 50, Oct. T., 1914, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1912, No. 60, for defendant on demurrer to plaintiff’s statement of claim in case of W. T. Hogue and R. F. Hogue, trading as Hogue Brothers & Company, v. American Steel Foundries, a corporation. Assumpsit to recover amount equivalent to dividends on preferred stock. Before Cohen, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. The court sustained defendant’s demurrer to plaintiffs’ statement of claim, and entered judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was the judgment of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
From their original statement of claim filed in this case, in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, it appears that plaintiffs sought to recover from the defendant, the amount of the par value of certain shares of preferred stock held by them in the defendant company. They also claimed that they were entitled to an amount which should properly have been declared as dividends upon the stock. In an amended statement, filed more than eighteen months afterwards, the claim to the par value of the stock was abandoned, and the attempt to recover was limited to…
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