Greenbrier Industrial Exposition v. Squires
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited 37 W. Ya. 738; 1 Cook Stock, S. & Corp. Law, § 186, note 1; 6 S. E. Rep. 360; 37 W. Ya. 753; 1 Cook Stock. S. & Corp. Law, § 97, note 12. cited 1 Mor. Corp. § 74; 1 Cook. Stock S. & Corp. Law, § 52; 37 W. Ya. 73S; 83 Mich. 386; 40 Ill. 303; 54 Md. 161; ICook Stocks S. & Oorp. Law, p. 96 n.; 36 N. H. 545; 1 Mor. Oorp. § 63; 1 Oook Stock S. & Oorp. Law, p.,166; Id. §‘55; 1 Mor. Oorp. § 75; 21 W. Va. 172; 41 Me. 512; 21 Atl. 540.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge:
The Greenbrier Industrial Exposition, ,as a corporation, obtained a judgment in the Circuit Court of Greenbrier county against L. W. Squires, based on a subscription by liim to its capital stock, and Squires obtained'this writ of error.
Squires depends on the theory that there never was a legal corporation as to him, and that the subscription which he made to its stock is not binding. The formation of this alleged corporation was under chapter fifty four of the Code. The preliminary agreement constituting the first step and basis in the process of formation of the corporation…
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