Broad Street Hotel Co. v. Weaver's Administrator
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before Hon. G. H. Craig. The Broad Street Hotel Company, a body corporate, brought this action against the administrator of P. J. Weaver, deceased, to recover damages for intestate’s breach of a contract made by him, for the purpose of becoming a stockholder in said corporation. The substance of the complaint, as also of defendant’s demurrer to it, are set forth in the opinion.
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Appeal from Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before Hon. G. H. Craig. The Broad Street Hotel Company, a body corporate, brought this action against the administrator of P. J. Weaver, deceased, to recover damages for intestate’s breach of a contract made by him, for the purpose of becoming a stockholder in said corporation. The substance of the complaint, as also of defendant’s demurrer to it, are set forth in the opinion. Judgment having been rendered in favor of the defendant on the demurrer, the plaintiff brings the case here by appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
The complaint in this cause is founded on a subscription by defendant’s intestate, P. J. Weaver, March, 1860, by which he, for the purpose, as the agreement sets forth, of becoming a stockholder with others “in the Broad Street Hotel Company, of Selma, under an act of the legislature . . . .entitled fan act to incorporate the Broad Street Hotel Company, of Selma,’ approved February 15th, 1854, and the act to amend and revise the same, approved February 2, 1860,” subscribed and bound himself to pay to said company, “at such time, in such instalments, and in such manner as the board of…
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