Gelpcke, Winslow & Co. v. Blake

i. keeobmcontkcts : case approvea, We have, for the second time in this case, the presentation of the question whether the defendant is liable on his subscription of one thousand dollars to the stock of the Dubuque Western Railway Company.

When this case was here before, the liability of the defendant was resisted chiefly upon the ground that whilst the subscription itself upon its face was unconditional, it nevertheless, as a matter of fact, was coupled with a condition agreed upon at that time, but which for some reason not very well defined, was omitted to be inserted therein as a part of…