Hughes v. Antietam Manufacturing Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court. At the trial below, the plaintiff, the Antietam Manufacturing Company, offered, among others, the following prayer, which was granted: If the jury find, that prior to the creation of the plaintiff as a body politic, or. corporation, the defendant and others, with a view to the creation of the plaintiff as a corporation, agreed to subscribe to its capital stock,…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court. At the trial below, the plaintiff, the Antietam Manufacturing Company, offered, among others, the following prayer, which was granted: If the jury find, that prior to the creation of the plaintiff as a body politic, or. corporation, the defendant and others, with a view to the creation of the plaintiff as a corporation, agreed to subscribe to its capital stock, and that the defendant did, in fact, subscribe in writing for fifty shares of the said capital stock, and that the…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
This is an action of assumpsit by the appellee, claiming to have been incorporated in pursuance of the 40th section of Article 26, of the Code of Public General Laws, to recover certain unpaid instalments, alleged to be due on the subscription of the appellant to its capital stock.
The following is a copy of the recorded certificate, to which the subscription is affixed: “ The undersigned, free white citizens of the State of Maryland, desiring to form a company for the purpose of manufacturing, under the name and style of the Antietam Manufacturing Company of Washington County, have fixed the…
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