Topeka Bridge Co. v. Cummings
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee County.. The petition in this case set forth; The Topeka Bridge Company, a corporation duly incorporated under an act passed by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the territory of Kansas, entitled “An act to incorporate the Topeka Bridge Company,” approved Eeb. 14th, 1857, plaintiff, says that the defendant J. F. Cummings, on the 21st Nov. 1857, made his subscription of that date to the capital stock of The Topeka Bridge Company, a corporation…
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Error from Shawnee County.. The petition in this case set forth; The Topeka Bridge Company, a corporation duly incorporated under an act passed by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the territory of Kansas, entitled “An act to incorporate the Topeka Bridge Company,” approved Eeb. 14th, 1857, plaintiff, says that the defendant J. F. Cummings, on the 21st Nov. 1857, made his subscription of that date to the capital stock of The Topeka Bridge Company, a corporation incorporated for the purpose of building a bridge across the Kansas River at or near the city of Topeka, of which the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Cowrt,
Crozier, C. J.
This was an action upon the following agreement subscribed by the defendant and five others, each of the six subscribers taking one share of one hundred dollars.
*75“Topeka, K. T., Nov. 21, 1857.
“ "We, the subscribers, agree to take the number of shares in the Topeka Bridge Company, set opposite to our respective names, and pay installments upon the same as may be required by the rules and regulations of the company.”
The petition also incorporates the rules and regulations of the company, and avers that the company built a bridge and made calls for the payment of the…
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