Clarksburg Board of Trade Land Co. v. Davis

Miller, Jtjdg-e :

On notice by plaintiff to defendant, pursuant to statute, for judgment against him, for five hundred dollars, being fifty per cent, of his subscription to the capital stock of plaintiff',, and on the trial of the issues joined on defendant’s plea of non assumpsit, the jury found for defendant, which verdict on its motion the court set aside and awarded plaintiff a new trial.

By the preliminary “Subscription Agreement”, sued on and introduced in evidence by plaintiff, the undersigned, including with numerous other subscribers, the defendant Davis,, thereby mutually agreed, each…