Platner v. Kirby
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court.— Hon. J. H. Preston, Judge. Action in equity by plaintiff as stockholder in the Mt. Vernon Stone Company to have the company dissolved, its business closed up, and a receiver appointed for that purpose. There was a decree for plaintiff, from which defendants appeal.—
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
In 1894 the plaintiff, who was the owner of thirty-eight acres of land adjoining the town of Mt. ■Vernon on which was situated a stone quarry with machinery, and which he had been developing and operating for about a year, entered into an arrangement with the defendant Kirby for the formation of the defendant corporation, the Mt. Vernon Stone Company; it being mutually agreed that plaintiff should turn his property over to the corporation, and receive in exchange therefor one hundred and fifty *261shares of the fall paid capital stock of the company of the par value of $15,000, and that said…
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