Scouton v. Stony Brook Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 287, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Sullivan Co., Dec. T., 1916, No-. 35, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John G. Scouton v. The Stony Brook Lumber Company. Assumpsit for money loaned. Before Terry, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $5,465 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in refusing defendant’s motion for judgment non obstante veredicto.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This is an action of assumpsit for money loaned. The defendant company was incorporated .in 1910, with an authorized capital stock of $200,000, divided into shares *244of $100 each. It owned a tract of 2,200 acres of timber land in Sullivan County, where it was engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber. Prior to August, 1915, fifteen hundred shares of its capital stock had been issued, of which eleven hundred shares were owned or controlled by John Hughes Blackman and the remaining four hundred shares by C. F. Carter. The latter manufactured the lumber for the…
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