Stone v. Vandalia Coal & Coke Co.

In the brief of appellant it is insisted the court erred in sustaining demurrers to the special pleas, presenting the following four issues: 1st. “ If appellee, as a corporation, obtained appellant’s subscription for shares of stock, on condition that a coal mine would be opened within the city limits of Vandalia, would an abandonment of their agreement to do so operate as a discharge of a subscriber who did not consent to such abandonment from liability upon his subscription as between the corporation itself and the subscriber?” 2d. “ Can a corporation make a valid assessment upon a…