Stephenson v. Dodson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 185, Oct. T., 1907, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northampton'Co., Feb. T., 1906, No. 14, for defendants on case tried by the court without a jury in suit of L. B. Stephenson v. Truman M. Dodson and Josiah Bachman, partners, trading as The Dodson Lead and Zinc Co. Assumpsit to recover money paid for a bond of a nonregistered corporation. Scott, P. J., filed the following opinion: THE PACTS.
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Appeal, No. 185, Oct. T., 1907, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northampton'Co., Feb. T., 1906, No. 14, for defendants on case tried by the court without a jury in suit of L. B. Stephenson v. Truman M. Dodson and Josiah Bachman, partners, trading as The Dodson Lead and Zinc Co. Assumpsit to recover money paid for a bond of a nonregistered corporation. Scott, P. J., filed the following opinion: THE PACTS. From admissions in the pleadings, and from testimony, where disputed, I find them to be: 1. The plaintiff, above named, is the holder for value of a bond (No. 76), purporting to be the…
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Orlady, J.,
The plaintiff brought an action in assumpsit to recover from the defendants, jointly and severally, “by reason of their signing, executing, issuing and selling to him a bond, in the sum of $500.00 of the Dobson Lead & Zinc Company; the said defendants assuming to act as officers and agents of said company without lawful authority from it, and in violation of the laws of Pennsylvania, it not being registered in this commonwealth, as required by the Act of Assembly, April 22, 1874, P. L. 108, relating to foreign corporations.”
It was agreed by counsel that a trial by jury be…
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