Christensen v. Quintard

Beady, J.:

The plaintiff is a judgment creditor of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company, a corporation chartered in Illinois and Missouri; The defendant Quintard was a subscriber for 250 shares of the capital stock of the company of the par value of $25,000, which he paid in full. In or about January, 1871, the company issued to him twenty-five additional shares, the certificate for which stated, upon its face, that forty per cent, or forty dollars upon each share, had been paid, and Quintard subsequently paid the company the sixty per cent. The learned justice in the court below, in…