Johnson v. Christlieb

Defendant had a verdict in this action for an assessment duly levied against him as a stockholder in a Minnesota corporation in process of liquidation, and plaintiff, the receiver, appeals from an order denying his alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.

Stating them as favorably for defendant as the record allows, the. facts are as follows: In 1902 there was organized under the laws of this state a corporation under the name of “United States Installment Realty Company” for the purpose of conducting a general investment business and the sale of contracts,…