Legal Opinion
Gesell v. Tomahawk Land Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided October 14, 1924PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEschweiler, J.
The demurrer to the amended complaint should have been sustained on several grounds.
It is quite clear that no proper showing is made for the appointment of a receiver as prayed. It is asserted that the present liabilities of the company are not over $100,000, and that the real value of defendant’s property is at least as great as that shown by its books, and that amount is alleged to be over $1,600,000 on a capital stock of $519,000.
It is alleged the company has paid about $56,000 as a cash dividend in 1919 and no' other dividends during the five years preceding the commencement of the…
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- I. Townsend Burden v. BurdenNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
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