White v. Green
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. W. F. Conrad, J udge. Action,at law on a judgment rendered against tbe Zoological Park Company of Des Moines, Iowa, to recover of the defendant, on account of capital stock of the company at one time owned by hipa, on which he is alleged to be liable as for unpaid -stock. There was ,a trial by the court without a jury and a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. The defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
— The Zoological Park Company was organized as a corporation for pecuniary profit, in the year 1889, with an authorized capital stock of two hundred thousand dollars. Before the organization was completed, a syndicate was formed for the purpose of-organizing the company, and purchasing a tract of land then owned by L. M. Mann. An agreement was made, by virtue of which the land was conveyed to the company when its organization was1 perfected. The consideration for the conveyance was twenty thousand dollars in money and real estate, and forty thousand dollars in bonds secured by a mortgage upon…
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