Bridgeport Window Hardware Co. v. Osborne
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
. Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on June 8, 1914, alleging that at the first meeting of the plaintiff corporation the defendant subscribed for nine hundred shares of the plaintiff’s capital stock for which he agreed to transfer to the plaintiff certain letters patent and that he had not so transferred the letters patent.
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. Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on June 8, 1914, alleging that at the first meeting of the plaintiff corporation the defendant subscribed for nine hundred shares of the plaintiff’s capital stock for which he agreed to transfer to the plaintiff certain letters patent and that he had not so transferred the letters patent. The prayer of the bill was that the defendant be ordered either to carry out his agreement to transfer the letters patent or to pay in cash for the nine hundred shares. The suit was referred to a master. The material facts found by him are stated in the opinion.…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
The plaintiff is a corporation organized under the general laws of the State of Connecticut. The capital stock of the corporation was fixed at $100,000, all of which was designated as common stock, divided into one thousand shares of the par value of $100 each. The original incorporators were Frederick Carpenter, William C. Russell and J. H. Crossley. The master finds that by amendments made before incorporation, Arthur B. Lieberum and Arthur M. Comley were substituted for Frederick Carpenter and William C. Russell as incorporators. . A notice dated April 6, 1911, was issued for a meeting to…
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