Trent Import Co. v. Wheelwright
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from tke Superior Court of Baltimore City (Gorier, J.). Tke facts are stated in tke opinion of tke Court.
1Opinion of the CourtUrner, J.
This is an action by a Hew York corporation to recover from the defendant upon his subscription for certain shares of its capital stock, and the defense is that the plaintiff is unable to perform its part of the contract without violating the law under which it was created.
It is alleged in the declaration that Gustav Eggena, being the sole agent for the sale and delivery in the United States of the ales, stouts and other products of the establishment of Samuel Allsopp and Sons, Limited, of England, proposed to procure a new contract for the agency and have it made assignable to a corporation…
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