Columbia Nat. Bank of Tacoma v. Mathews
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the District of Washington. This case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the District of Washington. This case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts. It appears from this statement: That the Columbia National Bank of Tacoma; plaintiff in error, was duly organized September 2, 1S91. That the articles of the association provide that the capital stock shall be $200,000, divided into shares of $100 each, and that the capital stock may be increased at any time by shareholders owning two-thirds of the stock, according to the provisions of the act of congress of May 1, 1886; and in case…
1Opinion of the CourtHawley, District Judge
(after stating the facts). . This action was brought by L. P. Mathews, the defendant in error, against the National Bank of Tacoma and Philip Tillinghast, its receiver, the plaintiffs in error, to establish his claim against them for the sum of $2,525, being .the amount paid by him on his subscription for the increased shares of stock, with interest. A demurrer to the complaint was overruled (77 Fed. 372), and upon issue joined the cause was tried before the .court without a jury, and judgment rendered in favor of the defendant in error (79 Fed. 558). The right of Mathews to recover herein…
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