Weber v. Rupp

In this case, the appellants, Archie H. Weber and Mrs. A. H. Weber, and sixty other persons as complainants, filed a hill in equity against the appellees, William Bupp, Jr., Roscoe Townsend, Frank J. Penick, J. H. VandenBoom, Sr., J. H. VandenBoom, Jr., Illinois State Bank of Quincy, Robert Powell and William J. Singleton, alleging that by false representations and fraud practiced upon them they were induced to subscribe for and purchase certain shares of the capital stock of The Knittel Co., which is a corporation organized under the laws of the State, with its home office at Quincy,…