Brewster v. Hatch

The defendants demur to the complaint, and specify as the grounds of demurrer that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The complaint alleged that the defendants were the promoters of the organization of a mining corporation, called the Dunderberg Mining Company, and obtained from the plaintiffs and others subscriptions to the capital stock of the proposed corporation. By the terms of the subscription it was stated that the corporation was about to be organized for the purpose, among other things, of acquiring title to certain mines or lodes situate…