Mussina v. Goldthwaite
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal ■ from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. James Masterson. The character of this litigation and its material features are Bummed up in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal ■ from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. James Masterson. The character of this litigation and its material features are Bummed up in the opinion of the court. At the trial of the case in the court below, Mussina, the intervenor, put W. H. Baker, the secretary, and B. A. Shepherd, the president of the company, on the witness stand, and proceeded to propound to them questions as to the persons by whom the bonds were held, designating certain directors; and the witness Shepherd was asked whether he was the owner of any of the bonds, and whether the suit had been brought at his request.…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The Houston City Mills Manufacturing Company - was incorporated in 1864, with a capital stock of $500,000. It *131appears that, in 1868, shares had been taken in the capital stock to the amount of $75,000. On the ninth day of June, 1868, there were issued by the company $100,000 in bonds of different denó'minations, payable to George Goldthwaite or bearer; at the same time the company mortgaged its corporate property to Goldthwaite, as trustee for the holders of the bonds, to secure their payment.
The company failed to pay the interest on the bonds. Goldthwaite filed his petition in this case on…
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