Rea v. Eslick

This is an action by the receiver of a corporation to collect the full amount due upon a stock subscription. It is alleged in the complaint that, on October 28, 1908, the defendant subscribed for the purchase of fifty shares of the capital stock of the Petrolithic Pavement Company, a corporation, agreeing to pay therefor the sum of $100 a share. It is then alleged:

“(8) That prior hereto and in pursuance of an order of the above entitled court issued on the 5th day of December, 1918, the said receiver caused to be served upon the said Esliek a notice in writing requesting the payment of the…