Rogers v. Burr
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action on contract. Before Judge Beck. Pike superior court. October 16, 1897. Mrs. M. E. Burr, administratrix óf H. R. Chambers, brought suit on the following contract: “Georgia, Pike county.
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Action on contract. Before Judge Beck. Pike superior court. October 16, 1897. Mrs. M. E. Burr, administratrix óf H. R. Chambers, brought suit on the following contract: “Georgia, Pike county. We, tbe undersigned parties, recognizing the importance to our town and community of a speedy and successful completion of tbe subscription to tbe capital stock of tbe Barnesville Manufacturing Company, and it being known to us that there is a balance of about five thousand ($5,000) dollars of said capital stock untaken and unsubscribed for, and having confidence in the success of the enterprise, it is…
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
There are two main facts on which the parties are at issue, and the right of the plaintiff to recover depends upon the determination of both in her favor, to wit: (1) Did the plaintiff’s intestate contract for sixty shares of the capital stock of the Barnesville Manufacturing Company on the faith of a written agreement signed by the defendants, conditioned that the defendants guaranteed to her intestate the payment of an annual dividend amounting to eight per cent, on the shares subscribed, and also by which they undertook,_ after the expiration of three years from the date of the agreement…
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