Legal Opinion

Belton Compress Co. v. Saunders

Texas Supreme Court

Decided November 29, 1887No. 2187PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Bell. Tried below before the Hon. W. A. Blackburn.

1Opinion of the Court

Acker, Judge.

The only .instruction given to the jury was* in effect, that if they found from the evidence that the entire amount of the capital stock stated in the charter had not been subscribed they would find for defendant. Appellant insists that the court erred in giving this instruction, and we think it did.

Appellee’s liability arises, if at all, upon the articles of subscription executed and mutually entered into between himself and other subscribers prior to the charter, and his conduct in relation thereto, from which it clearly appears that all of th© subscribers thereto understood…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Spear v. CrawfordNew York Supreme Court · 1835
  2. Lane v. BrainerdSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1862
  3. Estell v. Knightstown & Middletown Turnpike Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1872
  4. Hutchins v. SmithNew York Supreme Court · 1865
  5. Galveston Hotel Co. v. BoltonTexas Supreme Court · 1877

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Ass'n v. StovallTexas Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Cope v. PitzerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  3. Steely v. Texas Improvement Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1909
  4. McCord v. Southwestern Sundries Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  5. Moore v. Cooper Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1914

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