Johnson v. Libby
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Judgment for plaintiffs for $500, with interest from the date of the writ. This is an action of assumpsit on an account annexed to the writ, and a special count to recover the sum of five hundred dollars, being an assessment of one hundred per cent by the plaintiffs, upon five shares of the capital stock of the Waterville Trust Company, of the par value of one hundred dollars each, and owned by defendant’s intestate. The plea, general issue.
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On report. Judgment for plaintiffs for $500, with interest from the date of the writ. This is an action of assumpsit on an account annexed to the writ, and a special count to recover the sum of five hundred dollars, being an assessment of one hundred per cent by the plaintiffs, upon five shares of the capital stock of the Waterville Trust Company, of the par value of one hundred dollars each, and owned by defendant’s intestate. The plea, general issue. The case was reported to the Law Court upon an agreed statement. Upon so much of the evidence as is legally admissible, the court will render…
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
This case is reported to the Law Court on an agreed statement of facts.
July i, 1909, the Waterville Trust Company of Waterville, Maine, by decree of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, was enjoined from further prosecuting business, and the plaintiffs were then appointed its receivers and duly qualified.
At that time Bertha L. Libby of Pittsfield, Maine, was the owner of record of five shares of the capital stock of said Trust Company of the par value of $100 each. April 3, 1910, she died, intestate, leaving a surviving husband, and the defendant, Helen M. Libby, as her sole heir. Her estate…
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