Brooks v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Writ of Error, to Superior Court for New Castle County.—No. 108, June Term, 1908 below. Information in the nature of a Writ of Quo Warranto. The facts of the case and specifications of the assignments of error fully appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Woolley, J.,
delivering the opinion of the court:
On or about the twenty-eighth day of October, A. D. 1901, Henry Brooks, Richard B. Morrell and William M. Pyle organized a corporation under the general corporation laws of the State of Delaware, for the purpose of conducting and carrying on the textile business in which Brooks and Morrell had been previously engaged in the State of Pennsylvania. Before entering upon its business, the corporation, which was known as Geo. Brooks and Son Company, issued $300,000 of its capital stock, of the share value of $100 each, $100,000 of which was preferred…
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